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10/19/2006
$643K: Mapplethorpe Portrait of Andy Warhol Sets Record
An unknown bidder paid $643,000 yesterday for this portrait of Andy Warhol, a platinum print on linen with four silk panel, according to Christie's New York. It's the highest price ever paid for a Mapplethorpe. Last year at this same time, one of Mapplethorpe's flower photographs sold for a price of $251,200.
Posted 3:30 PM EST by Andy Towle in Andy Warhol, Art & Design, Auctions, News, Robert Mapplethorpe | Permalink
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Andy, I don't want to be a 'stickler', but it was $643,000US that it sold for. Unless the anonymous buyer bought it with Euros.
Posted by: Andrew | Oct 19, 2006 4:27:52 PM
"Sets the record"--for stupidity. It is to laugh.
Posted by: JP | Oct 19, 2006 4:28:11 PM
Yeah I read that wrong. Sorry!
Posted by: andy | Oct 19, 2006 4:37:36 PM