Dress that was on display in Newbridge this month sold for a world record fee of €4.5M

A dress that was on display at the Newbridge Silverware museum was sold this week at auction for a world record fee of €4.5 million.

The dress in question was the iconic custom-made dress that Marilyn Monroe wore during her Happy Birthday performance for former US President John F. Kennedy in 1962.

15,000 watched the performance live in Madison Square Garden as the famous performer showed off her curves in a dress that was reportedly sown on to Monroe because of how tightly it fitted her. The flesh-coloured dress has more than 2,500 hand-stitched crystals in its fabric.

It was purchased by the museum chain Ripley's Believe It Or Not, and it will go on display at the museum in Hollywood before being moved to other museums that the chain operates worldwide.