will tell you that the Oscar is worth anywhere from $400 to $1.36 million (Steven Spielberg purchased Bette Davis's 1938 Best Actress Oscar for $578,000), but due to that mandates any resale of a statuette first be offered to the Academy for $1, an Oscar is technically worth only that: $1. As far as cost for production goes, the statues are made for around . Talk about poor resale value.

Initially named "The Academy Award of Merit," it's still a bit of a mystery where "Oscar" came from. holds that academy librarian, and eventual executive director, Margaret Herrick joked about the back of the statuette looking a bit like her Uncle Oscar. The Academy didn't adapt the name until 1939, but it was widely popular as early as 1934 when a reporter referred to Katharine Hepburn's first (of 4) best actress wins as an "Oscar" success.

Ever notice that "Oscar" grips a sword? That's because for the statuette featured a knight posed above a reel of film, to represent a "crusader" of the industry. The concept, designed by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons, has simplified over the years to become the poised golden man we know today, but the sword still remains.

...and three months to make all 50. From 1982 until 2016, a Chicago-based factory, R.S. Owens & Company, manufactured the statuettes. . Now they're made about an hour and a half outside of New York City, at Polich Tallix, a fine art foundry.

They were . Every year since, the Academy has had an extra set made that's locked safely in a vault바카라 게임 웹사이트�just in case.

or multiple winners per category. In order to guarantee secrecy, the awards aren't engraved with the winner's name ahead of time. Instead, nominee, and once the winner has accepted his/her award, the appropriate plaque is affixed to the Oscar. Which means no one knows just who or how many winners there are on Oscar night until that fateful envelope has been opened.

Beneath that sheath of 바카라 게임 웹사이트�not gold.

, but the winners were later given gold and metal replacements once the war had ended. It's safe to assume they have a shorter shelf-life than the pewter and gold statuettes of today.

This isn't counting the surplus Oscars that didn't go home to winners. (Those are saved for .)

The statuettes are dense, clocking in at 8.5 pounds and 13.5 inches tall. It must be pure adrenaline that allows winners to fling them around in their joy on stage.