Warhol Self-Portrait Fetches Record $38.4M

A private European collector walked off with Andy Warhol’s very first self-portrait after a 16-minute bidding war at Christie’s Wednesday night. The 1963-64 work sold for $38.44 million after two competing bidders kept raising their price in increments of $100,000, causing Christie’s auctioneer to call it the “longest…

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Warhol Self-Portrait Fetches Record $38.4M

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