(AP) – The piano that played the iconic “As Time Goes By” tune in “Casablanca” is
going to be up for auction on Dec. 14, giving the highest bidder a chance to own a
piece of the classic romance film.

Sotheby’s will auction off the Paris piano Sam played in the film, which is estimated
to worth somewhere between $800,000 and $1.2 million. The piano scene was the
first filmed by director Michael Curtiz for the film.

The piano was sold by Sotheby’s to a Japanese collector back in 1988 for $154,000
and now, the collector is offering it up for the film’s 70th anniversary. Humphrey
Bogart played Rick Blaine in the Oscar-winning World War II love story, opposite
Ingrid Bergman’s character, Lisa Lund In a famous flashback scene, Rick and Lisa
lean on the piano at a Paris bistro. Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, plays and sings. .

“Casablanca” premiered on Thanksgiving in 1942, and it won three Oscars in 1943, including Best Picture.

Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz”, 1939

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Judy Garland’s blue pinafore dress that she 
wore in "The Wizard of Oz" has sold for $480,000.

Auction house Julien’s Auctions says the gingham dress fetched the highest
price of any item during a two-day auction of Hollywood memorabilia that
attracted bids from around the world. The auction concluded Saturday.

The Bible, embossed in gold on a leather cover, was given to Elvis as a present 
by his uncle and aunt in 1957

(Fox News) – Elvis’ bible was a hot property at a weekend auction of his memorabilia
in merry old England.

The King of Rock ‘n Roll’s well worn bible, used from 1957 until his death 20 years
later, commanded $94,600, almost double the auction house’s estimate. It included
hand written notes scribbled in the margins.

His unwashed and apparently soiled (!) underwear, worn under his iconic white
jumpsuit in a 1977 concert, failed to meet the $11,000 minimum bid.

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   Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967)

The soul singer-songwriter died when his plane crashed in Lake Monona
during a storm en route to a concert in Madison. That was just three days
after recording “Dock of the Bay”. It became the first posthumous number-
one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts

The 1967 Chevrolet Corvette once owned by the late Neil Armstrong

(Fox News) – A few months ago it was little more than a curio: a Corvette once
used by Neil Armstrong being auctioned on Ebay. But with the passing of the
American hero on August 25th there’s new interest in this very unique piece
of history.

The now derelict 1967 coupe was driven by the first man on the Moon for a year
through a special leasing program offered to astronauts by Melbourne, Florida, Chevrolet dealer Jim Rathman. Upon its return, the blue ‘Vette was purchased
by an employee at the dealership but was left unused in a garage since 1981
before being bought by its current owner, Joe Crosby of Merritt Island, Florida,
in February of this year.

The Corvette failed to sell during the Ebay auction in May, with a high bid of
$251,638.00 coming just short of the unpublished reserve, according to Crosby
who says he received calls from three of the bidders within an hour of the
announcement of Armstrong’s death, but that the offers still aren’t quite where
he wants them. Crosby hasn’t raised his original target price, despite the
newfound significance of the car.

Crosby isn’t planning to put it back on Ebay, but he’s listed in the phonebook
and ready to listen to any serious offers.

Neil Armstrong