Never-released photos of James Dean's fatal car crash go up for auction next month

Photos of late actor James Dean's fatal car accident that were to be used in court are going to auction in August and are expected to bring in $20,000

Photos of late actor James Dean's fatal car accident that were to be used in court are going to auction in August and are expected to bring in $20,000.

The 24-year-old was driving west on US Route 466 in California, bound for a racing event in Salinas, on September 30, 1955, when his 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder collided with a 1950 Ford Tudor driven by a Navy veteran, Donald Turnupseed. In Dean's passenger seat was his Porsche mechanic, Rolf Wütherich, who survived the accident."The early death of James Dean reverberates to this day," said Bobby Livingston, executive vice president at RR Auction.

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