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Andy Warhol 'Self Portrait' fetches $32 million
Telegraph ^ | May 13, 2010 | Staff

Posted on 05/13/2010 7:42:00 AM PDT by C19fan

During the spring art auctions, Sotheby's sold an $190 million (£127.9 million) in post-war and contemporary art. By comparison, the same auction a year ago managed only $47 million (£31.65 million).

Only three of the 53 lots on offer went unsold at the auction house as it easily exceeded the sale's estimate of $162 million (£109.08 million).

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: warhol
I would not pay 32 cents for a Warhol but that is just my taste. It appears the art market is picking up this year.
1 posted on 05/13/2010 7:42:00 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

The video of Fiorina following this title is so apropos


2 posted on 05/13/2010 7:44:07 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: knarf
32 mil for a nightmare.


3 posted on 05/13/2010 7:45:24 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: C19fan

The going price of an original Warhol is partially manipulated by a wealthy family that seeks to protect the value of their own Warhol holdings.


4 posted on 05/13/2010 7:48:36 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
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To: C19fan

Article doesn’t give the dimensions of the piece or even the number of them that were made (likely on different colored canvases). Only the year (1986).


5 posted on 05/13/2010 7:50:38 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
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To: All

Warhol was a fraud...but a damned interesting one...


6 posted on 05/13/2010 7:53:50 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Maverick68

Interesting like a multi-car accident on the freeway.


7 posted on 05/13/2010 8:00:57 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: C19fan

Photo Booth Self-Portrait, ca. 1963


8 posted on 05/13/2010 8:27:53 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: C19fan
I've seen chimps that could do better.
9 posted on 05/13/2010 8:31:14 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: C19fan

Wonder what my Paen to Warhol would fetch.

10 posted on 05/13/2010 8:31:17 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: a fool in paradise
It is 108 inches squared.

from $32 Million...
11 posted on 05/13/2010 3:24:28 PM PDT by wrrock
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