The Maltese Falcon
"The Maltese Falcon" is a movie that came out in 1941 made by Humphrey Bogart. The Maltese Falcon represented "the stuff that dreams are made of," but even something that abstract can fetch a surprisingly high price on the auction market.
That Much for a Bird?
There were two falcon statues that were made for the movie, but only one landed on screen. The only reason that the auctioneers knew that this falcon was the one that was on camera was the fact that the falcon's tail was scuffed, because Bogart's secretary dropped the falcon on his foot, smashing the tail and breaking two of his toes. This piece went for $4.1 million, for some wild reason.