A visitor looks at Andy Warhol's paintings from the serie "Marilyn Monroe, 1969" in Bogota on June 18, 2009, in Bogota. The Art Museum of the Republic Bank in Bogota opened yesterday an exhibition of the work of US artist Andy Warhol called "Mr. America". Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

A visitor looks at Andy Warhol's paintings from the serie "Marilyn Monroe, 1969" in Bogota on June 18, 2009, in Bogota. The Art Museum of the Republic Bank in Bogota opened yesterday an exhibition of the work of US artist Andy Warhol called "Mr. America".

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  1. In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 photo, workers Leonardo Leggieri, left, and Vince Mrazovich prepare to install an Andy Warhol titled Jackie (Smiling) from the Jumex Collection for Art Basel Miami Beach at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, Fla.
  2. This undated picture provided by Sotheby's shows pop artist Andy Warhol's painting, "200 One Dollar Bills," which brought $43.8 million at auction, more than three times its highest presale estimate of $12 million. The work, one of Warhol's first silk-screen paintings, sold at Sotheby's on Wednesday, Nov.11, 2009. The auction house did not reveal the names of the buyer and seller.
  3. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: '200 One Dollar Bills' by Andy Warhol, valued at $8-12 million, is displayed during a preview of Sotheby's fall Evening Sale of Contemporary Art October 30, 2009 in New York City. The November 11 sale features works by Warhol, Hockney, Koons and others.
  4. 'Self-Portrait' by Andy Warhol is on display during a preview of Sotheby's impressionist and modern art sale in New York, October 30, 2009. Sotheby's is scheduled to hold its impressionist and modern art sale on November 4, 2009.
  5. 'Untitled (Roll of Dollar Bills)' by Andy Warhol is on display during a preview of Sotheby's impressionist and modern art sale in New York, October 30, 2009. Sotheby's is scheduled to hold its impressionist and modern art sale on November 4, 2009.
  6. 'Self-Portrait' by Andy Warhol is on display during a preview of Sotheby's impressionist and modern art sale in New York, October 30, 2009. Sotheby's is scheduled to hold its impressionist and modern art sale on November 4, 2009.
  7. '200 One Dollar Bills' by Andy Warhol is on display during a preview of Sotheby's impressionist and modern art sale in New York, October 30, 2009. Sotheby's is scheduled to hold its impressionist and modern art sale on November 4, 2009.
  8. '200 One Dollar Bills' by Andy Warhol is on display during a preview of Sotheby's impressionist and modern art sale in New York, October 30, 2009. Sotheby's is scheduled to hold its impressionist and modern art sale on November 4, 2009.
  9. HOLLYWOOD - SEPTEMBER 30: A wax figure of Marilyn Monroe is displayed at Madame Tussauds Hollywood on September 30, 2009 in Hollywood, California.
  10. HOLLYWOOD - SEPTEMBER 30: A tourist (R) poses with a wax figure of Marilyn Monroe at Madame Tussauds Hollywood on September 30, 2009 in Hollywood, California.
  11. Lyon and Turnbull employees pose with two of the last photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe 'Marilyn Monroe in Stripe Scarf (The Last Sitting)' (L) by Bert Stern and 'Marilyn Monroe with white cocktail dress' (R) by Harold Lloyd during a photocall in central London, on September 29, 2009. The photograph by Bert Stern is expected to reach between GBP 4,500-5,000 (dollars 7,140-8,000 or euro 4,900-5,420) and the photograph by Harold Lloyd is expected to reach between GBP 500-700 (dollars 800-1,110 or euro 540-760) when they are auctioned at the 'No Inhibitions' sale in London, on October 2.
  12. Lyon and Turnbull employees pose with two of the last photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe 'Marilyn Monroe in Stripe Scarf (The Last Sitting)' (L) by Bert Stern and 'Marilyn Monroe with white cocktail dress' (R) by Harold Lloyd during a photocall in central London, on September 29, 2009. The photograph by Bert Stern is expected to reach between GBP 4,500-5,000 (dollars 7,140-8,000 or euro 4,900-5,420) and the photograph by Harold Lloyd is expected to reach between GBP 500-700 (dollars 800-1,110 or euro 540-760) when they are auctioned at the 'No Inhibitions' sale in London, on October 2.
  13. Lyon and Turnbull employees pose with two of the last photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe 'Marilyn Monroe in Stripe Scarf (The Last Sitting)' (L) by Bert Stern and 'Marilyn Monroe with white cocktail dress' (R) by Harold Lloyd during a photocall in central London, on September 29, 2009. The photograph by Bert Stern is expected to reach between GBP 4,500-5,000 (dollars 7,140-8,000 or euro 4,900-5,420) and the photograph by Harold Lloyd is expected to reach between GBP 500-700 (dollars 800-1,110 or euro 540-760) when they are auctioned at the 'No Inhibitions' sale in London, on October 2.
  14. A Lyon and Turnbull employee poses with one of the last photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe 'Marilyn Monroe in Stripe Scarf (The Last Sitting)' by Bert Stern during a photocall in central London, on September 29, 2009. The photograph is expected to reach between GBP 4,500-5,000 (dollars 7,140-8,000 or euro 4,900-5,420) when it is auctioned at the 'No Inhibitions' sale in London, on October 2.
  15. VIGEVANO, ITALY - DECEMBER 03: A shoe belongs to Marilyn Monroe is displayed at the International Footwear Museum Of Vigevano on December 3, 2009 in Vigevano, Italy.
  16. A frame grab from an undated home movie of Marilyn Monroe apparently smoking marijuana, retrieved from an attic some 50 years after it was filmed is released to Reuters December 1, 2009. The reel-to-reel silent, color film was recently purchased by collector Keya Morgan for $275,000 from the person who took the film, who has asked to remain anonymous. Morgan and the person who shot the film gave Reuters permission to use it in digital form. The copyright of the image will be put up for sale on eBay later this week.

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