Andy Warhol's "Double Marlon" went on the auction block at Christie's May 13 Contemporary and Post-War Auction. The work, signed and dated twice "Andy Warhol 1966," depicts Brando in a still from "The Wild One," which is silkscreened on unprimed linen. It was the highest-fetching work by Warhol at Christie's May 13 auction and sold for $32.52 million.
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Some consider Andy Warhol's pop art genius, but others wonder how a painting of Elizabeth Taylor could fetch over $30 million. Warhol's "Liz," 1963, was expected to fetch between $25 and $35 million at Christie's contemporary auction Tuesday. It sold for $23.6 million.
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Meanwhile, bidders had a chance to snatch up one of Andy Warhol's iconic Campbell soup cans, "Campbell's Soup Can (Pepper Pot)," 1962, for an estimated $7 to $9 million at Sotheby's. It sold for $8.4 million.
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