15 shiny examples of probably the ultimate piece of movie memorabilia, an Academy Award, were auctioned last night, bringing in $3,060,089. None of the individual Oscars topped the record-breaking price of $861,542 paid in December 2011 for Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" Best Screenplay Academy Award. The collection was sold by Nate Sanders http://natedsanders.com/ .
The LA times had an interesting pre-sale article about the auction: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-oscar-auction-20120225,0,1755670.sto ry The list of pre-1950 Oscars that sold: Herman Mankiewicz's 1941 Best Screenplay Oscar for "Citizen Kane": $588,455 1933 Best Picture Oscar for "Calvacade": $332,165 1931 Oscar for Best Picture "Skippy": $301,973 1941 Best Picture Oscar for "How Green Was My Valley": $274,520 Gregg Toland's 1939 Cinematography Oscar for "Wuthering Heights": $226,876 Ronald Colman's 1947 Best Actor Oscar for "A Double Life": $206,250 Hugo Friedhofer's 1946 Best Music Oscar for "The Best Years of Our Lives": $187,511 Charles Coburn's 1943 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The More the Merrier": $170,459 1949 Oscar for Color Direction in "Little Women": $154,962 1946 Oscar for Best Color Cinematography in "The Yearling": $128,066 Daniel Mandell's 1946 film editing Oscar for "The Best Years of Our Lives" $116,428 Paul Groesse's 1946 Color Art Direction Oscar for "The Yearling": $116,428 Farciot Edouart's 1938 Special Effects Oscar: $96,227 1942 Outstanding Transparency Special Effects Oscar for "Reap the Wild Wind": $87,475 Farciot Eduoart's 1937 Bronze Tablet Oscar: $72,295 Complete story on the auction: <http://www.businessinsider.com/these-auctioned-oscars-sold-for-a-record-bre aking-3-million-2012-2#ixzz1nnC7O02A> http://www.businessinsider.com/these-auctioned-oscars-sold-for-a-record-brea king-3-million-2012-2#ixzz1nnC7O02A Scott MoPo List Owner Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
