A lawsuit has been filed over the recent auction of a 1942 Oscar awarded to the art director of the film My Gal Sal. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which hosts the Academy Awards, sued Rhode Island-based Briarbrook Auction Services on Tuesday in Los Angeles. The lawsuit seeks an order requiring Briarbrook to sell the Oscar statuette to the Academy for $10 in accordance with the organization’s bylaws. The disputed statuette was awarded to Joseph Wright for his art direction of the musical My Gal Sal, which starred Rita Hayworth.
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