{"id":11864,"date":"2012-12-30T16:03:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T21:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/?p=11864"},"modified":"2012-12-30T16:03:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T21:03:30","slug":"piano-from-casablanca-hammers-500000-at-sothebys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/piano-from-casablanca-hammers-500000-at-sothebys\/","title":{"rendered":"Piano from “Casablanca” hammers $500,000 at Sotheby’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"SothebysBanner\"<\/a>On December 14, 2012, Sotheby\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> auctioned a piano played in the Humphrey Bogart\/Ingrid Bergman<\/em>, film,\u00a0Casablanca <\/em>for $500,000.\u00a0 Factoring Sotheby’s buyers premium, the total paid for the instrument was $602,500.\u00a0 The piano was played by actor, Dooley Wilson<\/em>, as Sam<\/em>, in the Paris flashback scene while Sam<\/em> sings \u201cAs Time Goes By<\/em>,\u201d Rick<\/em> (Bogart<\/em>) and Ilsa<\/em> (Bergman<\/em>) lean on the piano and drink champagne.\u00a0During this scene Bogart<\/em> says the famous line: \u201cHere\u2019s lookin\u2019 at you, kid<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The piano had originally been discovered\u00a0 by Dr Gary Milan, who bought the piano from a prop house in 1983. Milan sold the piano at a Sotheby\u2019s auction in 1988 for $154,000 to a collector who consigned the piano for this auction. Milan also purchased the film\u2019s other famous piano from Rick’s Cafe\u00a0 in 83. He loaned the piano to the Warner Brothers museum in California where it resides today.<\/p>\n

The piano was not part of an auction collection per se, and was listed on Sotheby’s <\/em>website as follows: Sale:<\/strong> N08877, Session: <\/strong>14 Dec 2012 11:30 AM, Lo<\/strong>t<\/strong> 1<\/p>\n