Academy can reclaim auctioned Oscar statuette for $10 - BBC News
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An Oscar statuette that changed hands last year for $79,200 can be reclaimed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for just $10, a Los Angeles judge rules.
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Academy to reclaim auctioned Oscar for $10 after legal fight
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Auction House Will Sell 15 Oscar Statuettes Including 'Citizen Kane
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TIL Since 1950, Oscar award recipients have been required to sign an agreement promising that neither they nor their heirs will sell their statuette without first offering it back to the Academy
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And the Oscars will go to
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