“Going My Way” Oscar for auction
Published July 24th, 2006
The best director Oscar for the 1944 Bing Crosby film “Going My Way” is going on the auction block.
A collector who wishes to remain anonymous decided to put the Oscar up for sale. Allen said the collector bought it from McCary‘s family about five years ago. The director died in 1969.
“Going My Way” won seven Academy Awards , including best picture honors and the best actor award for Crosby.
Although the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences frowns on the sale of Oscars , it wasn‘t until 1950 that the Academy began requiring winners to sign statements promising neither they nor their heirs would sell one.
Several pre-1950 Oscars have been purchased by Steven Spielberg , who donated them back to the Academy.
