How much does an Oscar trophy cost?

The Oscar figure is made of strong bronze and plated in 24-karat gold
The Oscar figure itself portrays a knight holding a crusader’s sword remaining on a reel of film with five spokes, addressing the five unique parts of the Institute
It remains at 13.5 inches tall and weighs 8.5 pounds

Winning an Oscar is the apex of progress for any movie producer, entertainer or author in Hollywood. Yet, what amount does the well known brilliant prize really cost?

Every Oscar statuette is apparently delivered for around $400, and has been made by New York-based foundry, Polich Tallix, starting around 2016. Be that as it may, in spite of its low creation cost, victors are restricted from selling or discarding the prize without first contribution it to the Foundation for the amount of just $1. This standard was executed in 1951 to protect the honesty of the Oscar image. Indeed, even after a victor dies, the honor can be acquired by their family, yet they should in any case comply with this guideline.

While most of Oscars are not sold, no less than 16 of them have been bought all through their 95-year history. In 2011, 15 statuettes were sold for more than $3 million at a sale, with the superstar being Herman Mankiewicz’s 1941 best screenplay grant for Resident Kane, which brought a faltering $588,455. In another high-profile deal, Michael Jackson paid $1.54 million for the Gone With The Breeze Best Picture Oscar from 1940. In any case, it’s quite significant that these specific statuettes were introduced before 1951, and are accordingly absolved from the standard disallowing their deal.

Michelle Yeoh wins best actress at the Oscars. She’s the first Asian person to win the award.

Her 84-year-old mother was watching the ceremony from Malaysia, where Yeoh said she plans to return with her trophy in hand.

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 13, 2023

All in all, what do these prizes really consist of? The Oscar figure is created of strong bronze and plated in 24-karat gold. Polich Tallix presented a cutting edge creation process by first making computerized outputs of the first 1929 statuette. The plan is then 3D-printed and shaped, prior to being projected in wax.

The plan is covered in an earthenware shell and shot at 1600F, liquefying the wax and leaving just the shell. The prizes are then projected in fluid bronze and sanded to a mirror clean completion, before at last getting the 24-karat gold treatment.

The Oscar figure itself portrays a knight holding a crusader’s sword remaining on a reel of movie with five spokes, addressing the five unique parts of the Foundation (entertainers, chiefs, makers, specialists, and scholars). It remains at 13.5 inches tall and weighs 8.5 pounds.

Albeit authoritatively named the Institute Grant of Legitimacy, it is accepted to have been named an Oscar after Margaret Herrick, a Foundation curator and inevitable chief, guaranteed that the knight looked like her Uncle Oscar.