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1942 Oscar Sold for $72,900 at Rhode Island Auction

posted by Slamchica Leave a Comment June 30, 2014

If you can’t win the Oscar, you can buy it. An Oscar for color art direction awarded for the 1942 film “My Gal Sal” sold for $79,200 at auction in Rhode Island late, more than double its high pre-sale estimate. The auctioneer had estimated the golden statuette would sell for $5,000 to $30,000. But several […]

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Jennifer Lawrence’s Silver Linings Playbook Costumes Sold for Impressive $12,000

posted by Slamchica Leave a Comment March 5, 2013

Jennifer Lawrence in Silver-Linings-Playbook Movie

As you know Jennifer Lawrence won the best actress Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards in LA, for her role in Silver Linings Playbook. She played a troubled wannabe dancer opposite Bradley Cooper, in a romance-cum-comedy directed by David O Russell. “The whole world seems to be captivated by Jennifer Lawrence,” Nate D Sanders of […]

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$45,000 Swag bag for Oscar’s Losers

posted by Slamchica Leave a Comment February 26, 2013

Although all Oscar nominees hope to win the most coveted award in Hollywood, it’s not really possible. But even the losers didn’t go home empty-handed. Yeah, it’s not the gold statuette at the Academy Awards, but still is worth gift bag. Known as Swag bags, consolation prize valued at more than $45,000 include some nice […]

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Natalie Portman’s Christian Dior Oscars Dress Sells for $50,000

posted by Arsa Leave a Comment March 12, 2012

The red vintage Christian Dior gown worn by actress Natalie Portman to the Academy Awards last month

$50,000 seems a lot of money for a Dress, especially one that’s not even brand new! But, that’s exactly the sum an unknown British couture collector paid for the size 4, strapless, black polka-dotted dress on 1stdibs.com. The Black Swan star, Natalie Portman, who is an ambassador for the French fashion house and fronts the brand’s Miss Dior Cherie […]

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A Collection of 15 Oscar Statuettes Auctioned for $3 Million

posted by Arsa Leave a Comment March 1, 2012

The largest collection of Oscar statuettes ever offered for public sale

Fine Autograph and Memorabilia auction dealer Nate Sanders has just sold 15 Academy Award Oscar Statuettes for more than $3 million on Tuesday, two days after this year’s Academy Awards show. A statuette which was won by Herman Mankiewicz for penning the script for the 1941 best screenplay winner Citizen Kane, grossed $588,455, the highest bid at […]

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Platinum Jewelry Rules the Red Carpet at the 2012 Academy Awards

posted by Arsa Leave a Comment February 27, 2012

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Hollywood’s most important night of the year is forever captured in memory and this year’s Oscar hopefuls and VIPs reflected the timelessness of the event with their choice of jewelry. Platinum, the precious metal that never changes color nor fades, ruled the red carpet at the 2012 Academy […]

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Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane Oscar Earns $861,542 at Auction

posted by Arsa Leave a Comment December 22, 2011

The Oscar won by Orson Welles for the original screenplay of Citizen Kane movie, was auctioned for $861,542 on Tuesday, at auction in Los Angeles. The award, sold and bought anonymously at Nate D. Sanders Auctions, was awarded to Welles at the 1941 Academy Awards for his groundbreaking debut feature, which he also directed and starred in. […]