Andy Warhol’s “Liz #5” Could Fetch $30 Million in May 12 Auction - Timing is everything when selling a famous piece of Art, celebrity death equals marketability. An unidentified private owner is putting his painting of Elizabeth Taylor up for sale at the auction house Phillips de Pury & Co. The estimated price for “Liz #5,” painted in 1963, is $20 million to $30 million. The Silver Liz sold about a year ago at Christie’s for 18 Million.

Andy Warhol’s “Liz #5” Could Fetch $30 Million in May 12 Auction - Timing is everything when selling a famous piece of Art, celebrity death equals marketability. An unidentified private owner is putting his painting of Elizabeth Taylor up for sale at the auction house Phillips de Pury & Co. The estimated price for “Liz #5,” painted in 1963, is $20 million to $30 million. The Silver Liz sold about a year ago at Christie’s for 18 Million.

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  1. michaelsdiary reblogged this from jockohomo and added:
    I knew art dealers would do this, its sad but its the unfortunate reality of the art world
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