But when you get down to brass tacks, a shiny Oscar ... trophies have been fine-crafted at UAP Polich Tallix foundry in Rock Tavern, New York, through a meticulous process beginning with 3-D ...

An auction loophole allowed pre-1951 Oscars to be sold for over $3 million, highlighting the trophies' immense cultural and financial value. Standing 13 1/2 inches tall and weighing 8.5 pounds ...

The trophy's origins are clear. MGM art director Cedric Gibbons sketched the figure of an impressively ripped knight as an art crusader for the first Academy Awards in 1929. (The design wasn't ...

Coming in as runner up is the Academy Awards trophy, more commonly known as the Oscar. Weighing 3.8 kilograms, the statuette would have a gold value of £224,547 if made entirely of the precious ...