The dress in which Marilyn Monroe sang 'Happy Birthday, Mr. President', auctioned for 4.5 million euros
The tight dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to sing a sensual version of 'Happy Birthday' to then United States President John F. Kennedy, has been sold this Thursday for more than 4.5 million euros (4.8 million dollars) at an auction in Los Angeles.
The last time this same dress was auctioned, in 1999, it fetched 1.18 million euros ($ 1.26 million).
Now, a buyer who has not wanted to be known has acquired the sequin-covered and nude-colored suit, which on Monroe's body made her appear practically naked.
"Marilyn Monroe singing" Happy Birthday, Mr. President "is surely one of the most improvised performances in American history," said Darren Julien, president of Julien's auction house.
The protagonist of Con skirts ya lo loco or Gentlemen prefer blondes and one of the most famous sexual symbols of the 20th century died of a drug overdose three months after singing on the 45th birthday of the US president, on the 5th. August 1962.
John F. Kennedy was assassinated the following year.
Coinciding with the 90 years of the birth of the actress, Julien's auction house has put up for sale a total of 1,300 articles and personal belongings of hers.
