Citizen Kane Oscar to go under the hammer

The Oscar won by Orson Welles for Citizen Kane could fetch as much as £600,000 when it goes under the hammer in December, an auction house said today.

The iconic film about a newspaper magnate is often said to be one the greatest films produced by Hollywood. Welles and Herman Mankiewicz jointly won the screenwriting Oscar for the movie in 1941.

Sotheby's in New York, which will auction the statuette on December 11, said it could fetch between £395,000 and £600,000.