A List Of Celebrity Memorabilia Under The Hammer. Marilyn Monroe's Iconic Dress Is One
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Here are some other pieces of celebrity mega-memorabilia that have gone under the hammer
As the baby grand piano on which late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury wrote "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes on sale Wednesday, followed later this month by an auction for the hat worn by Michael Jackson for his first "moonwalk", here are some other pieces of celebrity mega-memorabilia that have gone under the hammer:
Marilyn Monroe's dress
Los Angeles-based museum Ripley's Believe It or Not! in November 2016 bought the dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing "Happy Birthday Mr President" to John F. Kennedy as he turned 45. The flesh-coloured dress adorned with 2,500 hand-stitched crystals, which went for $4.8 million at Julien's Auctions, was so tight the legendary actress had to be sewn into it at the last minute before stepping on stage at Madison Square Garden in 1962. Monroe died less than three months later of an overdose. Kennedy died a year later.
