Longest Bidding War in Auction History: Warhol Self Portrait Sells for $38 Million

The highest selling item at a Christie’s auction in New York Wednesday was a signed and dated self-portrait by pop art icon Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait sold for $38 million in a nail-biting bidding war that lasted 16 minutes. The work, a framed series of four blue portraits from 1964, was estimated to sell for up

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Longest Bidding War in Auction History: Warhol Self Portrait Sells for $38 Million

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