Christie’s Sells Record $852.9 Million of Contemporary Art

Christie’s Sells Record $852.9 Million of Contemporary Art – Some big prices at the Christie’s Contemporary sale this evening … total exceeded $850M (a record) … crushed the competition.  Warhol’s Triple Elvis — $82M; Four Marlons — $69.6M; Lichtenstein – $21.5M; Twombly — $69.6M; de Kooning sculpture – $26.5M; Ruscha’s Smash – $30.4M; Richter – $31.5M, Doig – $18M and this hits kept coming.

Warhol “Triple Elvis” — $82M