Re: [MOPO] Oscar Sale Brings in More Than $3 Million

2012-03-01 Thread Helmut Hamm 
What a REAL shame that tons and tons of material are sitting in museum 
archives, in institutions that very often don't have any idea what they own.

Museums only exhibit the tiniest fraction of what they own, many of them sit on 
loads and loads of material that isn't even ARCHIVED. 

In the hands of a private collector, at least SOMEBODY enjoys a specific piece.

Helmut


> 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.


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Re: [MOPO] Oscar Sale Brings in More Than $3 Million

2012-02-29 Thread Franc 
I always felt awards were essentially like gifts. Once you give a gift, it's
no longer yours and the recipient can do whatever he or she wants with it.
FRANC

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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  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-20120225,0,17556
> 70.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-recor
> d-breaking-3-million-2012-2#ixzz1nnC7O02A
>
> Scott
> MoPo List Owner
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Re: [MOPO] Oscar Sale Brings in More Than $3 Million

2012-02-29 Thread lovenoir2 
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  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
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[MOPO] Oscar Sale Brings in More Than $3 Million

2012-02-29 Thread Scott Burns 
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-brea
king-3-million-2012-2#ixzz1nnC7O02A

Scott
MoPo List Owner

 


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