One of Andy Warhol's silver wigs, which was estimated to go for between $4,000 and $6,000, sold for $10,800 at Christie's yesterday. The wig came complete with the toupee tape which Warhol used to stick it to his head. You may not be able to get the wig anymore but you might still be available to get the action figure from Kid Robot.
Other Warhol items of note at the Christie's sale: “A 1977 Polaroid photo of Muhammad Ali, signed by Warhol, sold for $19,200. And a Warhol Polaroid of Mick Jagger from 1975 went for $15,600.”
At the end of May I posted about Sotheby's auction off the David Hockney painting “The Splash”. At that time, folks were prediciting the painting would sell for $5.6 million. Last night, “The Splash” was scooped up for just over $4.7 million, not as high as predicted but still breaking records.
The previous record for a Hockney painting was $3.4 million for his work “A Neat Lawn”.
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