Pickford’s Oscars Not For Sale…
Posted by Allan Ellenberger on Dec 19th, 2008
2008
Dec 19
Jury bars auction of Mary Pickford’s Oscar
If heirs want to sell the actress’ 1930 award, they must give the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences the first chance to buy it, for $10, jurors decide.
By Bob Pool
Los Angeles Times
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And the Oscar for best Hollywood courtroom drama goes to . . . the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The golden statuette was awarded Monday by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury, which ruled that if Mary Pickford’s heirs want to sell it, they have to offer it to academy officials for $10 instead of auctioning it off for as much as $800,000. (Click on ‘Continue Reading’ for more)
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