A piano used in the Humphrey Bogart-Ingrid Bergman film Casablanca sold for just over $600,000, Reuters reported. Bids of between $800,000 and $1 million had been predicted. The 58-key upright piano on which actor and singer Dooley Wilson performed “As Time Goes By” sold at Sotheby’s for $602,500 including commission. Bergman’s memorable lines included “Play it once, Sam, for old times’ sake, play ‘As Time Goes By’.” Sotheby’s in 1988 had sold the piano to a Japanese collector who paid $154,000. Yesterday’s buyer was not identified.


The one i always wanted was the smaller one inside ‘Rick’s’ that Dooley could roll up to your table. Plus that’s the one where Rick stashed the letters of transit.
Dooley could not play the piano, by the way. for those who don’t know, he was a drummer.
Is that the one that was on the Warner Bros. tour?
From what I’ve heard the piano is in really bad shape, if it wasn’t in that movie it wouldn’t be worth anything.