Casablanca piano goes up for auction
Instrument on which Dooley Wilson played As Time Goes By in classic film is expected to sell for around $1m
The piano from the Oscar-winning film Casablanca could fetch more than $1m (£625,000) when it is sold at auction in New York next month on the 70th anniversary of the premiere of the classic movie, Sotheby's said on Tuesday.
The 58-key piano, on which actor and singer Dooley Wilson performed As Time Goes By, has a pre-sale estimate of $800,000 to $1.2m for the 14 December auction.
Wilson sang the song while playing the role of Sam in the 1942 film as Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, playing the star-crossed lovers Rick and Ilsa, leaned on the piano in a flashback to their time in Paris.
"How can anything say 'I love you' better than the piano from Casablanca?" David Redden, vice-chairman and director of the special projects department at Sotheby's, said.
The film,...
The piano from the Oscar-winning film Casablanca could fetch more than $1m (£625,000) when it is sold at auction in New York next month on the 70th anniversary of the premiere of the classic movie, Sotheby's said on Tuesday.
The 58-key piano, on which actor and singer Dooley Wilson performed As Time Goes By, has a pre-sale estimate of $800,000 to $1.2m for the 14 December auction.
Wilson sang the song while playing the role of Sam in the 1942 film as Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, playing the star-crossed lovers Rick and Ilsa, leaned on the piano in a flashback to their time in Paris.
"How can anything say 'I love you' better than the piano from Casablanca?" David Redden, vice-chairman and director of the special projects department at Sotheby's, said.
The film,...
- 27/11/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
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