{"id":1755897,"date":"2022-11-29T20:17:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T01:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755897"},"modified":"2022-11-29T20:17:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T01:17:56","slug":"marilyn-monroes-historic-chocolate-wedding-suit-goes-on-sale-but-its-going-to-cost-you-an-insane-amount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marilyn-monroes-historic-chocolate-wedding-suit-goes-on-sale-but-its-going-to-cost-you-an-insane-amount\/","title":{"rendered":"Marilyn Monroe\u2019s Historic Chocolate Wedding Suit Goes On Sale, But It\u2019s Going To Cost You An Insane Amount"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarilyn-monroes-historic-chocolate-wedding-suit-goes-on-sale-but-its-going-to-cost-you-an-insane-amount%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755897&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Marilyn Monroe\u2019s historic chocolate wedding suit skirt \u2014 the one she wore when she married baseball great Joe DiMaggio \u2014 has gone up for sale and it\u2019s going to cost you an insane amount if you are hoping to take it home.<\/p>\n<p>Through the \u201cGotta Have Rock And Roll\u2019 auction house, fans of the late-Hollywood screen legend can score a piece of history when they bid on the two-piece \u201cdark brown serge wedding suit, with a white fur collar on the jacket\u201d that\u2019s described as in \u201cvery good condition,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gottahaverockandroll.com\/Marilyn_Monroe_s_Historic_Wedding_Suit_Worn_at_Mar-LOT46158.aspx\">auction site<\/a>. The starting minimum bid for the suit is set at $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe measurements are as follows: Jacket: shoulder to cuff 20\u2033, shoulder to waist 19\u201d, it added. \u201cSkirt: waist measures 27\u2033, waist to hem 25\u2033 The jacket has been shortened from the original length by a few inches, the bottom of the jacket has been folded and hemmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA tailor should be able to put the jacket back to its original length,\u201d the description about the suit continued. \u00a0\u201cVery good condition. Comes with original Sotheby\u2019s auction catalog, a Gotta Have Rock &#038; Roll Certificate of Authenticity and the original wire photograph that is pictured in the listing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSome Like It Hot\u201d star and Yankees superstar tied the knot at San Francisco City Hall on January 14, 1954, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theknot.com\/content\/marilyn-monroe-wedding-dress\">knot noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the most important wedding in Pop Culture history,\u201d the description on the auction site read. \u201cNever before has there been a wedding of this stature of two iconic figures that were the leaders in their fields.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>It also shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NZd7dD-HOyE\">link<\/a> where people can see the newsreel about Monroe and DiMaggio saying \u201cI Do.\u201d The auction house estimates that the wedding suit will go for somewhere between $1.5 million and $2 million. Fans can bid on the suit for another 10 days, when the sale runs through December 9.<\/p>\n<p>The wedding suit was originally purchased at Saks Fifth Avenue by \u201cThe Seven Year Itch\u201d star. She then gifted it to the mother-in-law of Milton Greene. Greene was Marilyn\u2019s personal photographer.<\/p>\n<p>DiMaggio was Monroe\u2019s second marriage, but after 274 days the couple called it quits, the outlet noted. Marilyn was previously married for four years to James Dougherty, and after DiMaggio for five years to playwright Arthur Miller.<\/p>\n<p>She died in 1962 of a drug overdose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marilyn Monroe\u2019s historic chocolate wedding suit skirt \u2014 the one she wore when she married baseball great Joe DiMaggio \u2014 has gone up for sale and it\u2019s going to cost you an insane amount if you are hoping to take it home. 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