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Owning a piece of Hollywood history: Unclaimed auction items up for private bidding?

November 28, 2014November 28, 2014

This week, a grand Hollwyood memorabilia auction saw the original Cowardly Lion costume from The Wizard from Oz, as well as the piano Sam plays it again on in Casablanca go for more than $3 million each. Bonham New York’s TCM Presents…There’s No Place Like Hollywood auction sold almost 90% of its …

Milton Berle’s private joke files, memorabilia, estate on the auction block

April 24, 2013April 24, 20131

Milton Berle was “Uncle Miltie” to the first generation of Americans to own televisions. And to a generation of comedians, Berle also was the father of joke thievery. Having his private joke files on the auction block in Los Angeles means we may chance upon rare artificats that once and …