'Maltese Falcon' figure sells for more than $4M

[Jesus Malverde]

A statuette of a bird featured in the classic 1941 detective thriller "The Maltese Falcon" sold for more than $4 million at auction Monday.

The final price on the 45-pound, 12-inch-tall prop was $4,085,000, according to Bonhams auction house. That includes Bonham's premium.

The black figurine is one of two known cast lead statuettes made for John Huston's screen version of the film but the only one confirmed by Warner Bros. archives as having appeared in it, said Bonhams, which declined to provide a pre-sale estimate. The winning bid came over the phone.

The statuette has a Warner Bros. inventory number etched into the base and bears the name of the movie, which starred Humphrey Bogart as private eye Sam Spade.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Maltese-Falcon-figure-sells-for-more-than-4M-5008802.php

[pscot]

1. The stuff that dreams are made of

[winstars]

3. Nice one!!!

here ya go:

[pipoman]

2. ..

[aristocles]

4. And on this day in 1942...

Casablanca premiered in New York City.