Finally, an Oscar campaign we can get behind
This weekend’s New York Times offers a glimpse into the spectral world of gray market Oscar trophy trafficking. The correspondent’s name alone makes the piece worth reading: Don’t you want to know what the NYT’s Heathcliff Rothman has to say on the matter?
(Apparently, if an Oscar was awarded before 1950, it’s fair game for heirs (or hardluck cases) to sell. Who knew?)
This makes the Academy, well, verklempt:
Bruce Davis, the academy’s executive director, defends his organization’s crusade by saying: “The more that Oscars are sold, the more it enables the idea of them as collectible items.
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