Entertainment & Arts
Falcon Found for $8: One of two Maltese Falcons created for the Warner Bros. 1941 film classic “The Maltese Falcon” will be up for grabs June 19 during Christie’s auction of entertainment memorabilia and collectibles in New York.
May 4, 1993
Movies
Maltese Falcon sells for more than $4 million at auction
Nov. 25, 2013
Iconic bird statuette from ‘The Maltese Falcon’ to be auctioned
July 17, 2013
In the 1941 film noir “The Maltese Falcon,” the priceless relic that Humphrey Bogart’s Sam Spade is hunting turns out to be — spoiler alert — a worthless fake.
At the end of John Huston’s 1941 film noir “The Maltese Falcon,” gumshoe Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) says that the iconic statuette of the bird is “the stuff dreams are made of.”
Archives
A thief takes a replica of the movie prop from a San Francisco eatery where Sam Spade, and his creator, dined.
Feb. 14, 2007
Falcon Falls From Block: A resin Maltese falcon statuette that had been valued by Christie’s at $30,000 to $50,000 has been pulled from a June sale at the New York auction house after questions were raised about its link to the 1941 film classic.
May 27, 1993
The Playboy founder and movie buff has long been a fan of the actor and will introduce ‘The Maltese Falcon’ at the UCLA archive event.
Sept. 14, 2012
Bogart: A caption accompanying a photo of Humphrey Bogart that ran last Sunday with the schedule of upcoming reviews said the image was from “The Maltese Falcon.”
March 23, 2008
Books
Dashiell Hammett’s ‘The Maltese Falcon’: A Documentary Volume; Edited by Richard Layman, with George Parker Anderson; The Gale Group: 346 pp., $190
Sept. 21, 2003