By Canadian Press

Dress Monroe wore to announce DiMaggio split to be auctioned

Feb 6, 2019 | 8:09 AM

LOS ANGELES — The black dress that a distraught Marilyn Monroe wore to a 1954 press conference announcing her separation from baseball legend Joe DiMaggio is going up for auction.

KruseGWS Auctions announced Wednesday that the simple wool dress with a zippered turtleneck front will be up for bidding starting March 30. It’s expected to fetch up to $150,000.

Monroe was wearing it in Beverly Hills in October 1954 when she faced a mob of cameras and reporters to announce the split in a marriage that united sports and movies and brought a press frenzy.

Monroe barely spoke at the conference, looking on the verge of tears and nodding to answer one question while letting her representative speak.

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Monroe and DiMaggio married in January 1954. Their divorce became final the following year.

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