Thursday, July 3, 2014

Academy sues over auctioned Oscar statuette

Associated Press
FILE - This Feb. 26, 2012 file photo, shows an Oscar statue on the red carpet before the 84th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which hosts the Oscars, sued a Rhode Island auction house on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, seeking to overturn the auction of a 1942 Oscar statuette awarded to the art director of the musical "My Gal Sal." (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

FILE - This Feb. 26, 2012 file photo, shows an Oscar statue on the red carpet before the 84th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which hosts the Oscars, sued a Rhode Island auction house on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, seeking to overturn the auction of a 1942 Oscar statuette awarded to the art director of the musical "My Gal Sal." (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Source : http://news.yahoo.com/academy-sues-over-auctioned-oscar-statuette-195118433.html