The Wildly Expensive Clothes That Broke Auction Records

Marilyn Monroe's 'Happy Birthday' dress

Another dress that sold for an astronomical sum at auction was the one Monroe wore when she sang at a Democratic rally in 1962 for President John F. Kennedy's birthday.

The bid: US$4.8 million

Monroe sang very intimately to the president that evening in a performance that would turn out to be one of her last, as she passed away less than three months later.

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