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MONICA MAY GET
$2M FOR DRESS
By DEBORAH ORIN
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July 7, 2001 -- WASHINGTON - Monica Lewinsky's got her semen-stained "love dress" back - and experts say she could sell it for up to $2 million.
Aides to independent counsel Ken Starr's successor, Robert Ray, say they've returned the infamous blue dress from the Gap to Monica - at her request.
"She's got the dress back, along with other tangible items she requested. It's part of our process of closing down the investigation," said Ray's spokeswoman, Julie Thomas.
She declined to say how the dress was handed over or whether it's still stained with Bill Clinton's DNA - telltale stains that forced him to admit he really did have sexual relations with "that woman" after all.
The onetime White House intern once told interviewer Barbara Walters that if she ever got her love dress back, "I'd burn it" - but collectibles experts are begging her to say it ain't so.
"It could conceivably sell for between $1 and $2 million - it's the most extraordinary piece of clothing in 20th century presidential history," said Gary Zimet, who runs the collectibles Web site momentsintime.com.
Zimet insists the love dress could be worth more than the rhinestone-encrusted clingy white gown that Marilyn Monroe wore to sing "Happy Birthday" to JFK - a dress auctioned for $1.26 million in 1999.
But Bob Schagrin, co-owner of Manhattan's Gotta Have It, figures the Sexgate siren's love dress is only worth $500,000 or so, and only if it's auctioned off for a good cause.
"This is an item that should be used to do some good," he contended, adding people tend to be more "aggressive bidders" at charity auctions.
Lewinsky's spokeswoman, Juli Nadler, previously said Lewinsky didn't want to sell the dress, but yesterday refused to discuss Monica's plans for it.
Lewinsky is said to have saved the dress as a souvenir after a steamy White House sex session with Clinton, and ex-pal Linda Tripp convinced her to preserve the stain instead of dry-cleaning it.
Until the dress surfaced with its telltale stains - which Lewinsky told investigators she thought might also be spinach dip - Clinton denied having sexual relations with Lewinsky.
$2M FOR DRESS
By DEBORAH ORIN
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July 7, 2001 -- WASHINGTON - Monica Lewinsky's got her semen-stained "love dress" back - and experts say she could sell it for up to $2 million.
Aides to independent counsel Ken Starr's successor, Robert Ray, say they've returned the infamous blue dress from the Gap to Monica - at her request.
"She's got the dress back, along with other tangible items she requested. It's part of our process of closing down the investigation," said Ray's spokeswoman, Julie Thomas.
She declined to say how the dress was handed over or whether it's still stained with Bill Clinton's DNA - telltale stains that forced him to admit he really did have sexual relations with "that woman" after all.
The onetime White House intern once told interviewer Barbara Walters that if she ever got her love dress back, "I'd burn it" - but collectibles experts are begging her to say it ain't so.
"It could conceivably sell for between $1 and $2 million - it's the most extraordinary piece of clothing in 20th century presidential history," said Gary Zimet, who runs the collectibles Web site momentsintime.com.
Zimet insists the love dress could be worth more than the rhinestone-encrusted clingy white gown that Marilyn Monroe wore to sing "Happy Birthday" to JFK - a dress auctioned for $1.26 million in 1999.
But Bob Schagrin, co-owner of Manhattan's Gotta Have It, figures the Sexgate siren's love dress is only worth $500,000 or so, and only if it's auctioned off for a good cause.
"This is an item that should be used to do some good," he contended, adding people tend to be more "aggressive bidders" at charity auctions.
Lewinsky's spokeswoman, Juli Nadler, previously said Lewinsky didn't want to sell the dress, but yesterday refused to discuss Monica's plans for it.
Lewinsky is said to have saved the dress as a souvenir after a steamy White House sex session with Clinton, and ex-pal Linda Tripp convinced her to preserve the stain instead of dry-cleaning it.
Until the dress surfaced with its telltale stains - which Lewinsky told investigators she thought might also be spinach dip - Clinton denied having sexual relations with Lewinsky.
