It's too bad the rule about the selling of statues wasnt put into place until 1950. What a true shame that some of the greatest awards from films like KANE, GWTW etc as well as to those actors who were in these films are sitting on private mantles or office shelves where no one else or the film community can enjoy or have visual access to them.
A great article and read. I agree wit this sentiment: The auction is being condemned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which jealously guards ownership of the golden trophies and use of the name "Oscar." All 15 statuettes now up for sale were awarded before 1950. After that date, the academy began requiring winners to sign a contract stating that neither they nor their heirs would sell the Oscar without first offering it to the academy for $1. "The academy, its members and the many film artists and craftspeople who've won Academy Awards believe strongly that Oscars should be won, not purchased," said academy spokeswoman Janet Hill in a statement. "Unfortunately, because our winners agreement wasn't instituted until 1950, we don't have any legal means of stopping the commoditization of these particular statuettes." -Kerry On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Scott Burns <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.story > > > > 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-breaking-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. 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.
