“Casablanca” 1940s classic piano fetches $2.9M at New York auctionNovember 25, 2014 - 15:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A piano from the classic 1940s film Casablanca has been sold for $2.9M at an auction in New York, BBC News reported. The instrument was sold along with over 30 items from the World War Two drama by Bonhams in Manhattan. Pianist Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, sang As Time Goes By in the movie for actors Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. The piano was one of two used in the film and it had been owned by Los Angeles dentist Dr Gary Milan. He said the piano came with chewing gum under the keyboard but that the owner of the fingerprint embedded in it was unknown. The piano featured prominently in the triple Oscar-winning film which was largely set in the Moroccan port city of Casablanca. Humphrey Bogart uses the piano as a hiding place for illegal transit papers in a famous scene. The letters of transit were also sold at auction for over $100,000. Casablanca is ranked as the second greatest film of all time by the American Film Institute, just behind Citizen Kane. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. |