FILE-This photo provided by Warner Bros., shows actors Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in a scene from the film "Casablanca." The piano used for the song "As Times Goes By" in the classic film is getting another turn at fame. The instrument is going up for sale at Sotheby's in New York on Dec. 14, 2012, and the auction house estimates it'll fetch up to $1.2 million. It's being offered by a Japanese collector on the film's 70th anniversary. Bogart played Rick Blaine in the Oscar-winning World War II love story, opposite Bergman's character, Ilsa Lund. In a famous flashback scene, Rick and Ilsa lean on the piano at a Paris bistro as Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, plays the piano and sings. (AP Photo/Warner Bros.)
FILE-This photo provided by Warner Bros., shows actors Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in a scene from the film "Casablanca." The piano used for the song "As Times Goes By" in the classic film is getting another turn at fame. The instrument is going up for sale at Sotheby's in New York on Dec. 14, 2012, and the auction house estimates it'll fetch up to $1.2 million. It's being offered by a Japanese collector on the film's 70th anniversary. Bogart played Rick Blaine in the Oscar-winning World War II love story, opposite Bergman's character, Ilsa Lund. In a famous flashback scene, Rick and Ilsa lean on the piano at a Paris bistro as Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, plays the piano and sings. (AP Photo/Warner Bros.)
This undated photo provided by Sotheby's shows the piano used in the movie ?Casablanca.? The instrument is going up for sale at Sotheby?s in New York on Dec. 14, 2012. The auction house estimates it could fetch up to $1.2 million. (AP Photo/Sotheby's)
NEW YORK (AP) ? The piano used for the song "As Times Goes By" in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca" is getting another turn at fame.
The instrument is going up for sale at Sotheby's in New York on Dec. 14, and the auction house estimates it'll fetch up to $1.2 million.
It's being offered by a Japanese collector on the film's 70th anniversary.
The collector purchased the movie prop at a Sotheby's auction in 1988 for $154,000.
Humphrey Bogart played Rick Blaine in the Oscar-winning World War II love story, opposite Ingrid Bergman's character, Ilsa Lund.
In a famous flashback scene, Rick and Ilsa lean on the piano at a Paris bistro. Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, plays and sings.
They toast as Rick says: "Here's looking at you, kid."
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