Marilyn Monroe’s Golden Globe Award sold for a record-breaking 250,000 US dollars at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, auction officials said late Saturday.

The 1961 award statue for World Film Favorite Female from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made history as the highest selling Golden Globe sold at auction.

Monroe's raven black two-seater, 1956 Ford Thunderbird, which was auctioned for the first time, fetched 490,000 US dollars at Icons & Idols: Hollywood, which took place Friday and Saturday.

Monroe, one of the most collectible celebrities, was pictured driving in the car with her husband, playwright Arthur Miller, shortly after their June 1956 wedding.

The movie star owned the vehicle for six years until shortly before her death in 1962.

Darren Julien, president of Julien's Auctions, said the car was “not only part of automotive history but comes with an aura of glamour, romance and tragedy of a true Hollywood legend.”

Monroe gifted the Thunderbird to the son of her acting coach, Lee Strasberg, in 1962.

The current owner, who wishes to remain anonymous, tracked the vehicle down through registration and other documents. The car has undergone restoration but retains many original parts.

Monroe's copy of Playboy's first issue with her on the cover, signed by publisher Hugh Hefner, sold for 32,000 US dollars along with almost a dozen other items owned by the iconic actress.

(Top image: The official poster of the 65th Cannes Film Festival featuring US actress Marilyn Monroe is seen on the facade of the Festival Palace in Cannes, May 14, 2012. /Reuters Photo)