Andy Warhol’s BMW Art Car Revisited for 40th Anniversary
BMW went through its back pages a bit this month when it rolled out the 1979 Andy Warhol Art Car for a photoshoot. The car was photographed in an old...
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Pink Floyd Guitarist David Gilmour’s Stratocaster Fetches $4M After Pre-Auction Estimates Peg It at $100K
A guitar donated to a charity auction by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour sold at Christie’s this summer for an astounding $3.975 million. The 1969 Fender Stratocaster set the record...
New Record for a Monet As ‘Haystack’ Fetches $110.7M at Auction
Move aside, oh-so-famous "Water Lilies," Claude Monet's oil painting "Haystack" just sold at a Sotheby's New York auction for $110.7 million. Painted in 1890, the work is part of Monet's...
Jeff Koons’ ‘Rabbit’ Easily Hops Over $50M Estimate at Auction
American neo-pop artist Jeff Koons expresses the cultural zeitgeist by working with and transforming everyday objects, giving them a resonance that is both substantial and whimsical. His pieces are wildly...
Edward Hopper’s ‘Chop Suey’ Fetches a Record $91.9M at Auction
One of Edward Hopper's most widely recognizable paintings recently sold at Christie's New York. The painting had been expected to top $70 million at auction; when the dust settled, it'd...