Marylin Monroe puts wedding suit up for sale, seeks $1.5 - $2 million

The two-piece wedding suit worn by late American actress Marylin Monroe during her wedding to baseball player Joe DiMaggio is up for sale and is expected to fetch a whopping sum of money.

Gotta Have Rock and Roll will auction off her two-piece wedding dress from 1954, and despite being one of her more understated appearances, the auction house believes the winning offer will be magnificent – a winning range of $1.5M to $2M

Marylin Monroe in her wedding suit, with her husband Joe DiMaggio [Gotta Have Rock and Roll] Pulse Nigeria

The actress' suit is a two-piece dark brown Serge suit with a white fur collar on the jacket.

Marylin Monroe's wedding suit [Gotta Have Rock and Roll] Pulse Nigeria

Per TMZ's report, Gotta Have Rock and Roll said she originally bought the suit at a store called Macy's, and it was later gifted to the mother-in-law of her personal photographer, Milton Greene.

Bidding opened yesterday, November 23, 2022, and the auction is expected to last through December 9, 2022.

Monroe was a top-billed actress for a decade, and at the time of her death in 1962, her movies had earned $200 million (about $2 billion in 2021).

She has remained a significant pop culture symbol for a very long time. In August 2022, Netflix released a commissioned movie titled 'Blonde' based on the life of the deceased actress.

Ana de Armas portrays the actress in this fictionalised account of her life and career. 'Blonde' received negative reviews from both critics and viewers. It was called a complex, profoundly contentious film.