Marilyn's 'Happy birthday, Mr. President' dress sells for $4.8M
- 7 years ago
The skin-tight dress Marilyn Monroe wore for her sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" before then U.S. President John F. Kennedy at a 1962 gala was sold on Thursday for $4.8 million at an auction in Los Angeles.
The auctioneer announced the dress, a Jean Louis designed dress covered in sequins, had been purchased by "Ripley's Believe It Or Not."
Monroe, one of the 20th century's most famous sex symbols, wore the dress as she sang "Happy Birthday to You" to Kennedy in a breathy performance at a May 19, 1962 fundraiser for the Democratic Party in Madison Square Garden in New York.
The auctioneer announced the dress, a Jean Louis designed dress covered in sequins, had been purchased by "Ripley's Believe It Or Not."
Monroe, one of the 20th century's most famous sex symbols, wore the dress as she sang "Happy Birthday to You" to Kennedy in a breathy performance at a May 19, 1962 fundraiser for the Democratic Party in Madison Square Garden in New York.