Fate of Mary Pickford's Oscar in court's hands

November 30, 2008 The fate of Mary Pickford's 1930 Oscar for best actress soon will be in the hands of a Los Angeles jury as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences heads to court Monday to stop the sale of the statuette. The statuette is in possession of the estate of Beverly Rogers, the second wife of Charles "Buddy" Rogers, who was married to Pickford for 40 years until her death in 1979. At the center of the dispute is a handwritten will ordering that the 1930 statuette be auctioned off, with proceeds donated to charity; the Academy's maintains that by its longheld policy, it has the right to buy back any Oscar offered for sale for $10 .

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