1 951 Academy Award"American In Paris" Erwin R. Willis - Keogh Gleason

Set Decoration. The Design of the Academy Award of Merit has changed for

some awards over the years. Some awards with the exception of "Major"

awards such as best acting and best picture, were issued in a plaque design

such as this 1937 Best Supporting Actress Award. This design is still used

today for Scientific and-Engineering Awards.



Pre-1945 Statuette

Prior to 1945 the base of the Oscar was

shorter and made of marble.

In 1945 the base was raised and

changed to metal.



Academy Awards Vintage Mini-Oscar Table Decoration.

This miniature Oscar table decoration from an

unspecified event has a small plaque on the front

stating "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

First Award Columbia Pictures for the Best Picture of

the Year," and a second plaque on the back stating

"15th Anniversary Columbia Pictures 1920-1935." It

measures 6" in height, with a 2.5" base.



Collectors have reported the Academy denies

sanctioning this items manufacture.



Auction prices realized



2008 Heritage Auctions - $1,912.00

2011 Ebay - $6500.00



1944 Paramount Pictures

Academy First Award to Paramount Pictures Inc. For the Best

Production in Short Subject One Reel Classification.

"Who's Who in Animal Land" Jerry Fairbanks -Producer



James Stewart's Best Actor Oscar for

"The Philadelphia Story"

Photo Credit James Stewart Museum



Judy Garland

1939 Juvenile Oscar

Best Juvenile Performer of the Year



1 934 Clark Gable Oscar Base "It Happened One Night"



Historic Academy Awards - Oscars



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The War Years: Plaster Oscars



During World War II, Oscar like the majority of americans supported the war

effort. As a result of metal shortages Oscar statuettes issued between 1942

and 1945 were made of plaster. The temporary statuettes were later replaced

after the war with the gold plated metal ones. Up until 1984 the Academy

believed it had obtained all of the plaster Oscars back with the exception of

one. This is when a second plaster wartime Oscar was brought to the

Academies attention. Neil McDonald, author of "War Cameraman", "the

Story Of Damien Parer", visited the headquarters of the Academy of Motion

Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles in 1984 and amazed Academy Award

officials with his revelation about the second existing plaster Oscar.

Apparently, they all came back, except two. "The Oscar for "Kokoda Front

Line" was sent from Hollywood to the famous Australian film maker Ken G.

Hall, the producer of the Kokoda documentary, one of the four winners in the

special wartime documentary section in 1943. "I made a casual inquiry about

the plaster Oscars handed out during the war," said McDonald, "and they said

they had got them all back except one and they gave me the details and were

still trying to get it, if it still existed.



"I told them there was one other back home in Australia and they were quite

shocked. They said it definitely had to come back and seemed quite insistent.



"A letter was then sent to Ken Hall, but he again refused to hand it over."



In 1949 the Academy began numbering the Oscar statuettes starting with

#501, this number is not known to have any specific significance.



Alice Brady's 1937 Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for In Old

Chicago. In 1936, Alice Brady received her first Oscar nomination, for Best

Supporting Actress in the classic Depression satire My Man Godfrey, costarring

William Powell and Carole Lombard. The following year, she won the Academy

Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mrs. O'Leary in

20th Century-Fox's In Old Chicago (1937), co-starring Tyrone Power and Alice

Faye, but she never laid her hands on the original famed statuette. In her

absence (due to a broken ankle), a stranger walked onto the stage, accepted

the award, then disappeared without a trace. Shortly after the Academy issued

a replacement, Alice tragically died of cancer at age 46. Most accounts

erroneously state that Alice died before receiving her award, however, a

clipping included in the lot features a photo of Charles Winninger and Alice,

holding the replacement award, more than likely shot on the set of their 1938

comedy Goodbye Broadway. This Oscar Sold for: $59,750.00 in October 2008.



Post war plaque Oscar

This Oscar plaque recently was sold on ebay. The name plate was missing so

it is not identifiable as to whom the award belonged to. Also the base of the

award has been replaced with wood, it would have been marble.



Mini Table Oscar from 11th Annual Academy

Awards. Inscribed around the bottom "Eleventh

Annual Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts

and Sciences". A book that describes the specifics

of each ceremony (inside Oscar by Damon Wiley

& Damien Bona, 1986) has a description in the

book (pages 89, 90, 91) with a descripton of the

Eleventh Annual Academy Awards that describes

the paperweights at each place setting.

