In 2016, Ripley’s bought Marilyn Monroe’s “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress at auction for a record $4.8 million. The iconic dress was famously worn by Monroe on May 19, 1962, when she sang to President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden. Sixty years later, Kim Kardashian added to the pop culture significance of Monroe’s iconic dress by wearing it to the 2022 Met Gala.