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Jackson buys Gone With the Wind Oscar at Sotheby's
New York AP Michael Jackson paid 1.5 million dollars to buy the Gone With the Wind Oscar awarded to David O. Selznick. Sotheby s reported the bid followed an auction of the film s final shooting script and Vivien Leigh s dress from the Civil War epic. The script sold for 46 000 and the orchid percale Tara dress brought 90 500 to a Brazilian buyer. Other items included Coney Island memorabilia and a bubble blowing clown trophy collection fetched 10 350 and 2 875 respectively.
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Sotheby's
David O. Selznick
Sotheby
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Scarlett O'Hara
Vivien Leigh
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