Rare Oscar statuettes sale nets thousands

Updated December 15 2018 - 11:56am, first published 11:53am
The buyers of the Oscars have chosen to remain anonymous.
The buyers of the Oscars have chosen to remain anonymous.

One Academy Award trophy has been sold for nearly $US500,000 ($A698,325) and the second for well over $US200,000 ($A279,330) in a rare auction of Oscars in Los Angeles.

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