Orson Welles 'Citizen Kane' Oscar
- Maker
- Orson Welles
- Year
- 1942
- Rank
- 73 of 100
Orson Welles 'Citizen Kane' Oscar
Orson Welles 'Citizen Kane' Oscar by Orson Welles (1942) is ranked 73 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $861,542 on 20 December 2011. The only Oscar Citizen Kane ever won.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The only Oscar Citizen Kane ever won.
Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Citizen Kane (a pre-1950 Oscar, exempt from the Academy resale ban)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $861,542
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 20 December 2011
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. $861,542.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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