Summary

LAST NIGHT, MARILYN MONROE'S "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PRESIDENT" DRESS FETCHED $1.26 MILLION DOLLARS, AT AN AUCTION.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 172905
Story Slug Marilyn - Monroe - Auction VNR
Location New York, New York
Format Raw
Date 10/28/1999
Archive Time 17:53
TRT 3:00
Supers New York, New York Christie's Monroe Auction NYC
Video Description SHOTS OF MARILYN MONROE'S FLESH COLORED DRESS, PEOPLE AT AUCTION, SHOTS OF THE DRESS.
Description LAST NIGHT, MARILYN MONROE'S "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PRESIDENT" DRESS FETCHED $1.26 MILLION DOLLARS, AT AN AUCTION.
Script MORE DESCRIPTION: MARILYN MONROE'S PERSONAL PROPERTY WENT ON SALE AT CHRISTIE'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT, OCT. 27, IN THE LAST...AND POSSIBLY THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY....CELEBRITY SALE BEFORE THE MILLENNIUM. DURING THE TWO-DAY EVENT MORE THAN ONE-THOUSAND ITEMS, INCLUDING MONROE'S EVENING GOWNS, COSTUMES, FURS AND PUCCI DRESSES ALONG WITH HER COSTUME JEWELERY, ACCESSORIES, BOOKS, LETTERS AND FURNITURE WERE OFFERED. AMONG THE ITEMS ON THE BLOCK...HER SHOOTING SCRIPT FOR THE MOVIE "SOME LIKE IT HOT," AND, THE "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" DRESS WORN BY MONROE WHEN SHE SANG AT PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN MAY, 1962. MONROE, AN ICON AND ARGUABLY THE MOST FASCINATING STAR OF THE 20TH CENTURY, HAD A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS, INCLUDING MANY FIRST EDITIONS SUCH AS JACK KEROUAC'S "ON THE ROAD," RALPH ELLISON'S "INVISIBLE MAN," AND WILLIAM STYRON'S "SET THIS HOUSE ON FIRE." PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF HER LIBRARY WILL BENEFIT LITERACY PARTNERS. PROFITS FROM THE SALE OF MONROE'S FURS WILL BENEFIT THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND. WESTERN FEED-DATE: 99OCT28 WESTERN
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