Thursday, November 12, 2009

Warhol Paintings Fetch Millions At Auction

A silkscreen panting of 200 $1 bills that Andy Warhol made in 1962 fetched $44 million at Sotheby's auction house Wednesday. The painting was expected to sell for about $10 million. Another Warhol painting — a self-portrait the pop artist gave to a teenager in the 1960s — fetched more than $6 million. The teen had kept the work in a closet for about 40 years.

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