(From The Hartford Courant -- By Pat Seremet)
MARLON BRANDO's hand-marked script for THE GODFATHER sold for $312,800 at CHRISTIE'S INTERNATIONAL in NEW YORK on Thursday, the most ever paid for a screenplay at auction.
The 173-page script, which had a presale estimate of $10,000 to $15,000, topped the former record held by CLARK GABLE's copy of GONE WITH THE WIND, which sold for $244,000 at CHRISTIE'S in 1996.
The sale of Brando's personal items lasted more than six hours, with many of the 328 lots soaring over estimates. The strongest bidding was for material related to THE GODFATHER, the 1972 film that earned Brando his second OSCAR as BEST ACTOR.
Brando died last year at the age of 80.
A 1970 letter from THE GODFATHER author MARIO PUZO urging Brando to play DON CORLEONE fetched $132,000 from AL TAPPER, a collector from BOCA RATON, FLORIDA. The presale estimate was $800 to $1,200.
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