{"id":29495,"date":"2013-07-19T18:08:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T22:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=29495"},"modified":"2018-11-14T00:08:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T05:08:44","slug":"maltese-falcon-prop-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/07\/19\/maltese-falcon-prop-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic MALTESE FALCON Statuette Prop Up For Auction This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many have died trying to posses the Maltese Falcon, but you can acquire it for far less effort, providing you’re the top bidder. <\/p>\n

One of the prop statuettes from director John Houston’s 1941 classic film noir will be the centerpiece of the upcoming “What Dreams Are Made Of: A Century of Movie Magic” auction of classic film memorabilia being held by New York fine art auctioneers and appraisers Bonhams and Turner Classic Movies. A portion of the proceeds will be going towards Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation, to hwlp fund its ongoing mission of preserving and protecting motion picture history.<\/p>\n

Although the complete auction catalog is not yet available, it has been revealed that other items up for auction include a polka-dot dress worn by Joan Crawford in 1945’s Mildred Pierce<\/strong>, Theda Bara’s tiara and earrings from 1917’s Cleopatra<\/strong>, Shirley Temple’s majorette costume from 1936’s Poor Little Rich Girl<\/strong> and John Huston’s handwritten and typed draft of his screenplay for 1948’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Prior to the November 25th auction, there will be a preview of items for sale October 22-27 at Bonhams’s location in L.A. and in New York from November 20-25.<\/p>\n

The Falcon up for auction is just one of a small number that were created by the prop makers at Warner Brothers Studios for the film. A prop replica created by the studio for publicity purposes had been on display at the San Fransisco eatery John’s Grill, a favorite of Maltese Falcon novelist Dashiell Hammett back in the 1920s, but was stolen in 2007. It has not yet been recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your chance to bid on the stuff that dreams are made of.<\/div>\n

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