Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" script sold at New York auctionApril 28, 2014 - 10:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Scripts for "Citizen Kane" Orson Welles' camera and a cigar ashtray were among the late director's belongings sold at a New York auction, the Associated Press reported. Sixty-seven lots fetched $180,000 at Heritage Auctions on Saturday, April 26. Margaret Barrett, Heritage's director of entertainment-linked auctions, called the items "a piece of cinema royalty." Two dozen pages of scripts for the 1941 masterpiece "Citizen Kane" went for $15,000, far surpassing the $2,000 presale estimate. Welles' old Bell & Howell movie camera used to record a bullfight in Spain sold for $37,500, against a $2,000 estimate. And a silver-plated cigar ashtray Ernest Hemingway gave Welles fetched $5,000. That's six times the expected price. Also on the block were memorabilia the director's daughter, Beatrice Welles, kept for decades in Sedona, Ariz. Photo: AP/Heritage Auctions, File Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |