A 1961 Golden Globe awarded to Marilyn Monroe was sold this weekend for $250,000, one of the highest prices fetched at auction for a Golden Globe, according to the auctioneer who brokered the sale.

Darren Julien, the chief executive of Julien Auctions in Beverly Hills, said the award — the Henrietta Award for that year — was sold to a European buyer. It was one of three Golden Globes she received from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association during her career.

The sale confirms what collectors of celebrity memorabilia have observed this past year: Prices paid for anything related to celebrities have dramatically increased. Earlier this month, a red wheelchair that belonged to the physicist Stephen Hawking sold at auction for $390,000. Mr. Hawking had Lou Gehrig’s disease and died in March.

It is not just fans and collectors of celebrity memorabilia who are scooping up items, though. Mr. Julien said there had been an influx of money from overseas buyers, particularly in China and Russia, who view Western pop culture artifacts as investments.