The Maltese Falcon Statuette
- Maker
- Warner Bros.
- Year
- 1941
- Rank
- 19 of 100
The Maltese Falcon Statuette
The Maltese Falcon Statuette by Warner Bros. (1941) is ranked 19 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $4,085,000 on 25 November 2013. 'The stuff that dreams are made of' — the most famous MacGuffin in film noir.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
'The stuff that dreams are made of' — the most famous MacGuffin in film noir.
The lead 'bird' statuette from John Huston's The Maltese Falcon; Warner-archive-confirmed
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $4,085,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 25 November 2013
Bonhams New York, TCM sale. $4.085M with premium.
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.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08