Warhol ‘Crash,’ Cohen Trove Lift $381 Million Sotheby’s Sale
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Andy Warhol led Sotheby’s biggest auction as the Pop Art icon’s silk-screen painting “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)” sold for $105.4 million in New York.
Last night’s $380.6 million contemporary-art sale was just short of the high presale estimate of $394.1 million. Auction records were established for seven artists, including Warhol, Cy Twombly, Agnes Martin and Martin Kippenberger.