The dress with which Marilyn Monroe embraced US President John F. Kennedy and sang at his 45th birthday will be auctioned in the next 17 November in Los Angeles.
The expectation is that the stunning nude dress with 2,500 crystals hand embroidered range between $ 2 million and $ 3 million, said the house Julien's Auctions.
This is just the dress worn by Marilyn - with nothing underneath - hand-sewn minutes before walking at Madison Square Garden in 1962 to sing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" (Happy birthday, Mr. President), his voice sensual, said the auction house in a statement.
"It was the intimate tone of the actress and the projection of the words 'Mr. President' who left the public in shock, emotional press, and that became part of popular culture," added Julien's Auctions.
"The interpretation of Marilyn, performed in a faltering voice and whisper," which lasts about 30 seconds, remains the most famous version was the "Happy Birthday" five decades later.
Marilyn Monroe died of an overdose three months after tonight, and Kennedy was killed the following year.
The play of Jean Louis will be exhibited at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, goes to Ireland, returning to Los Angeles, where the auction takes place.
In his first auction by Christie's in 1999, the dress was bought by tycoon Martin Zewig by about $ 1.3 million.
"This dress, her story represents a defining moment in history," said the director of Julien's Auctions, Martin Nolan.
"This auction will remind the world why Monroe remains an icon," he added.
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