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Two Andy Warhol’s Self-portraits Sold for $69.5 Million in Total

Andy Warhol's First Self Portrait goes for $38 Million

Andy Warhol’s First Self Portrait goes for $38 Million $38.4 million sale of the Andy Warhol’s first self-portrait, was the highlight of a Christie’s contemporary sale which totalled $301.7 million. Christie’s stormed ahead of rival Sotheby’s in a dramatic 65-lot sale which totalled $301.7 million against a pre-sale estimate of $214.8 – $299.3 million and sold [...]

Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Elizabeth Taylor Sells for About $27 Million

Andy-Warhol's-Liz#5

Liz#5 – Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Elizabeth Taylor Liz#5, Andy Warhol’s portrait of actress Elizabeth Taylor, fetched $26,962,500 on the Phillips de Pury’s Contemporary Art Part I sale. Three other Warhol pieces, Flowers, Third Eye and Witch, were also sold on the auction block Thursday. Each sold for $8,146,500, $7,026,500 and $2,658,500, respectively. The silkscreen, which is one [...]

Disappointing Sotheby’s $128 million Contemporary and Post-war Art Sale

Shadow - Red by Andy Warhol

A presenter stands beside Andy Warhol’s Sixteen Jackies and Rounded Jackie Sotheby’s New York evening sale of contemporary art on May 10, 2011, totaled $128 million, just above the $121 million low estimate. The auction, which featured 58 contemporary works by artists such as Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons, ended with total 49 of 58 [...]

Andy Warhol’s Sixteen Jackies

Sixteen Jackies by Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol’s Sixteen Jackies (left) and Round Jackie (right) Last week’s Modern and Impressionist auctions in New York were deemed successful but unexciting, so all eyes are on this week’s sales, which focus on the mercurial realm of contemporary art, to see if they can provide a bit more pop. And who is poppier than Andy [...]

Spring Art Auctions Begin This Week

Liz #5 by Andy Warhol

The major spring art auctions begin this week and will feature many instantly recognizable works by artists like Warhol, Koons and Picasso. The rapidly rebounding art market faces a critical test next week in New York, when auction houses will try to sell a mix of Impressionist, modern and contemporary works valued at nearly $1 [...]

Andy Warhol’s Red-on-black Self-Portrait Could Fetch $40 Million

Andy Warhol’s Self-Portrait

Andy Warhol’s Self-Portrait A 1986 self-portrait by Andy Warhol that was among the last of his paintings to be exhibited while he was alive is heading for the auction block, where it is estimated to sell for up to $40 million. Painted with acrylic and silkscreen on canvas, this is one of the of two [...]

Absolut Art Collection Debuted In Seoul

Absolut Vodka by Andy Warhol

Absolut Vodka by Andy Warhol Absolut Vodka, Swedish-known brand is displayed for the first time in Korea. It is about Absolut Art Collection which is exposed at Gallery Yeh in Sinsa-dong from 12 to 25 April, 2011. This exhibition is organized because the limited editions or even makeovers bottle of Vodka have stopped growing for [...]