Marilyn Monroe’s car gears up for auction

A two-seater convertible car owned by Marilyn Monroe is going up for auction in November and could fetch up to $500,000 (Dh1.8 million), organisers said on Tuesday.

The 1956 raven black Ford Thunderbird, owned by the movie star for six years until shortly before her death in 1962, is being auctioned for the first time.

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. 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.