A gown for $300,000

The pink satin gown Marilyn Monroe wore to perform Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes has sold for more than $300,000 ( ufffd200,000)

The pink satin gown Marilyn Monroe wore to perform Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend in Gentlemen Prefer Blondesu00a0has sold for more than $300,000 ( ufffd200,000).

The gown, dubbed "the most important film dress to ever come to auction" was the star lot at the Profiles in History sale in Los Angeles over the weekend and sold for approximately $319,500 ( ufffd213,000)u00a0-- well over its predicted price of $255,000 ( ufffd170,000).

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