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Chess sold for 143 thousand. U.S. dollars |
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Chess with the famous film by Ingmar Bergman in 1957 "The Seventh Seal" were sold at auction for one million Swedish crowns (143 thousand. U.S. $) - Reuters news agency said, citing the Swedish auction house Bukowsky.
337 items belonging to the deceased in 2007, the Swedish director, sold at auction in Stockholm for a total amount of 18 million crowns (over $ 2.5 million) - 10 times more than the starting price. Among the items on sale were such Bergman Prize, bedside table, hand-written notes written director and a desk at which he wrote many scenarios.
"The Seventh Seal" is a metaphoric story about returning from a crusade knight (Max von Sydow), who is the chess duel to the death (Bengt Ekerot). At stake in the game is to force the knight. Chess has been sold to more than 50-fold perforation, despite the absence of the white king, which was destroyed after the shooting. Interest in the auction was very high. More than eight thousand people came to see the listed items, and the website visited Bukowsky auction house guests from over 100 countries. Bergman directed over 50 films and over 100 plays and was awarded many prizes at film festivals.
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