Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane Script Sells Big, Oscar Gets Snubbed at Sotheby's
Maybe there's not one word that can explain a man's life, but 156 pages of them will cost ya about $100,000. At least, that's what Orson Welles' personal working script of Citizen Kane went for last night at a Sotheby's auction. An anonymous phone bidder nabbed the final revised draft (before the final shooting script was scribed) for $97,000. But the Oscar for the film was withdrawn from the bidding block when the Scrooges wouldn't even caught up a measely $800,000 (the statuette's minimum bid). read more »
