The Mystery Of Marilyn Monroe’s Wedding Ring – And What Experts Think Really Happened
Nothing about Marilyn Monroe’s engagement and wedding to Joe DiMaggio fit the extravagant Hollywood mold. The baseball player had proposed without a giant engagement ring: he didn’t have a ring at all. Then, the pair got married in a no-frills ceremony at San Francisco’s City Hall two days later. By that time, though, DiMaggio did have a stunning band to slip on his new bride’s finger – a piece of jewelry with a story behind it.
Well, that is according to the jewelry experts and eagle-eyed fans of the blonde bombshell who have noticed something strange about the ring that DiMaggio gave her that day. It glittered with diamonds – the piece was, indeed, fit for the finger of someone like Monroe. But there was something different about the band, a detail that would likely have gone undetected if not for those paying extra-close attention to her sparkler over the years.
Those behind The Marilyn Monroe Collection count as one such watchdog. They have gathered one of the largest caches of the actress’s personal belongings, ranging from clothes to letters to photographs. The group doesn’t have possession of the ring given to her by DiMaggio, but that didn’t stop them from noticing this one striking detail.
And if they and other observers are right about their theory, then those who reported on Monroe’s wedding ring from DiMaggio have long been mistaken about her famous ring. There are some indisputable facts regarding the ring, of course. It features glittering baguette diamonds, for one thing.
But staring at those sparklers won’t quite unlock the mystery of Monroe’s wedding band. To do so, we have to go back to her wedding day and learn more about her hastily planned nuptials. Only then is it possible to see the strange detail of her band: one that has been wrongly reported for years.
