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Summary The Academy Award was won in 1943 by the Hungarian-born Curtiz, who died in 1961.
Michael Curtizs best director Oscar for the movie classic Casablanca is going up for auction this week and is expected to fetch $2.5 million to $3 million, auctioneers Nate D. Sanders said on Monday. The Academy Award won in 1943 by the Hungarian-born Curtiz, who died in 1961, will be sold on June 28 by the Los Angeles-based company. Online bidding, which opened last week, had already reached more than $369,000 on Monday, well past the reserve price that was not disclosed.
