Orson’s Oscar for Sale

Andrew Gnerre
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/orsons_oscar_for_sale_20071017/
On October 15, Sotheby’s announced the auction of Orson Welles’ Oscar for his 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane. The statue, which was awarded to Welles and co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz for Best Original Screenplay, will be put up for auction on December 11 and is expected to fetch between $800,000 and $1.2 million.