Actress Norma Shearer’s 1930 Oscar sold at auction for $180,000

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Oscar statuette awarded to actress Norma Shearer in 1930 sold on Wednesday for $180,000 in a rare sale of an Academy Awards trophy.The Oscar that recognized Shearer’s role in "The Divorcee" was put up for auction by her estate. It sold along with the cinematography prize for a 1928 film, “White Shadows in the South Seas,” that also fetched $180,000.



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