Marilyn Monroe Collection

 

The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe

Christie's Auction House

New York - Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 October 1999


||Lot 55 - THE "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT" DRESS

A full length evening sheath dress of flesh-colored soufflé gauze encrusted with graduated rhinestones embroidered in a rosette motif.  Worn by Marilyn Monroe at the famous birthday tribute to President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden where Marilyn sang "Happy Birthday Mr. President" on May 19. 1962.

 

Estimate:  On Request

Selling Price:  $1,267,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

||RELATED LINKS: 

Video of Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy

Dress Designer - Jean Luis


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