Marilyn Monroe's 'Happy birthday, Mr President' dress sells for just $4.8m

The iconic dress worn by Marilyn Monroe when she sang “happy birthday Mr President” to John F Kennedy in May 1962, has sold for a world-record price of $4.8m, at auction
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The sheer, flesh-coloured design, which features more than 2,500 hand-stitched crystals, had a pre-sale estimate of $3m before it went under the hammer at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles.
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It was bought by museum chain Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, surpassing the previous most expensive dress sold at auction – Monroe’s white costume from The Seven Year Itch – which went for $4.6m in 2011.
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Edward Meyer, vice-president of Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, said: “We believe this is the most iconic piece of pop culture that there is. In the 20th century, I cannot think of one single item that tells the story of the 1960s as well as this dress.”