A collection of unseen letters from a pre-Smiths Morrissey are expected to sell for £22,000 (€25,814) in an auction in the UK. In these archived letters written between ages 14 and 20, he predicted his ambition to be a "rock 'n' roll star or an actor, or a writer." Dawson Auctioneers will hold the Before The Smiths: The Morrissey Letters auction on August 26. The final letter reveals Morrissey joining a band in London who "have a recording contract and all that rubbish." They had a heavy influence on UK music during the 1980s and disbanded in 1987 because of conflicts between Morrissey and Marr, before they began their solo careers.