Most expensive Oscar award
- Who
- David O. Selznick, Gone with the Wind (US 1939)
- What
- 1542000 US dollar(s)
- Where
- United States (New York City,)
- When
- 12 June 1999
David O. Selznick's (USA) 1940 Best Film Oscar for Gone With The Wind (USA 1939) was bought by the singer Michael Jackson (USA) for $1,542,000 (£953,795) on 12 June 1999 at Sotheby's, New York, USA.
The pre-sale estimate for the Oscar was $200,000-300,000 and Jackson bid by telephone.