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by Tippi Blevins September 9, 2008 3:03 PM

If you've ever been to Hollywood, you know that prices can run pretty high on some things. A prime ZIP code in the Hills will set you back several million, easy. Chic clothes, regular spray tans, and the perfect veneers don't come cheap. Even dinner at a decent restaurant can cost a pretty penny. But it's possible to find a bargain, if you've got the right connections. For example, a mere ten bucks buys you a golden-skinned man with a perfectly ageless physique. On the down side, he's only a little over a foot high. On the plus side, he's highly portable! The man in question is none other than the famous Oscar statuette, and, unfortunately, only the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can snag this deal. Or so says the Academy.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Academy will be going to court to "block the public sale" of three Oscars that were awarded to silent film star Mary Pickford and her husband Charles Rogers. The statuettes were inherited by three women who "had hoped to win a dismissal of the lawsuit," but a judge has decided to send the case to a jury.

Things are tricky because while "[the] Academy claims it has the right to buy back the Oscars for $10 each," the other side is claiming that Pickford was awarded her award "before the academy's $10 buyback rule was enacted." The Academy counters that Pickford signed an agreement in 1976 that retroactively covered her first award. I counter that ten bucks is seriously lame. If you want to keep people from selling old Oscars on the open market, at least offer them a fair price. Ten bucks? Forget the dinner at a decent restaurant. You'd be lucky to be dining al fresco at the local In-N-Out.

TAGS: Academy Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, lawsuit, Mary Pickford, Oscar

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