“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 | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |