LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: Two women chat in front of a painting by Andy Warhol entitled '200 One Dollar Bills' made in 1962 on October 12, 2009 in London, England. The piece features in Sotheby's Contemporary Art Sale in New York on November 11, 2009 and is expected to fetch up to 7.6 million GBP. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: Two women chat in front of a painting by Andy Warhol entitled '200 One Dollar Bills' made in 1962 on October 12, 2009 in London, England. The piece features in Sotheby's Contemporary Art Sale in New York on November 11, 2009 and is expected to fetch up to 7.6 million GBP.

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  1. Vsitors pass by Andy Warhol's Mercedes-Benz W196 R Streamline Grand Prix Car (1954), at Vienna's Albertina museum, Austria, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Under the title "Cars" the Albertina museum shows an exhibition from the artists Andy Warhol, Sylvie Fleury, Robert Longo and Vincent Szarek.
  2. In this undated image released by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, a photograph of Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger, taken by Andy Warhol, is shown.
  3. Singer Neil Sedaka poses with an Andy Warhol painting of himself at his apartment in New York January 19, 2010. When Tin Pan Alley ruled the world of pop music, Sedaka was one of the songwriters churning out hits in New York's legendary Brill Building that helped pre-Beatles teenagers go to the hop, fall in love and break up. Now, 50 years later, with over 1,000 songs to his credit, he has recorded "The Music of My Life," an album of original songs he performs that hit stores on January 26, 2010.
  4. A visitor takes a photo of Andy Warhol's Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupe (1954) at the Albertina museum, in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Under the title "Cars" the Albertina museum is showing an exhibition from the artists Andy Warhol, Sylvie Fleury, Robert Longo and Vincent Szarek.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. This undated photo provided by Sotheby's shows "Portrait of a Woman, Called La Belle Ferronniere" whose claim to fame is that it's not by Leonardo da Vinci. The painting has fetched $1.5 million at Sotheby's in New York City - triple its high estimate. It is believed to be of a Renaissance mistress of the Duke of Milan and has been the subject of almost a century of scholarly discussion and a legal drama.
  8. FILE - This undated file photo released by Sotheby's auction house in New York shows a collection of 14 letters, from J.D. Salinger to Joyce Maynard. The letters from the reclusive author to his former teen lover when he was 53 and she was 18, were auctioned on June 22, 1999 for $156,500. Salinger died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, the author's son said in a statement from Salinger's longtime literary representative, Harold Ober Agency. He had lived for decades in self-imposed isolation in the small, remote house in Cornish, N.H.
  9. LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 12: Sotheby's employees move a work entitled 'Pichet et fruits sur une table' by Paul Cézanne at Sotheby's auction house on January 12, 2010 in London, England. A landscape by Gustav Klimt, a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti entitled 'Homme qui marche' and a still-life entitled 'Pichet et fruits sur une table' by Paul Cézanne, each with an estimated value of over 10M GBP, will form the centrepiece of Sotheby's evening sale of Impressionist & Modern Art, on February 3, 2010.
  10. LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 12: In this photo illustration a Sotheby's employee stands behind a work by Alberto Giacometti entitled 'Homme qui marche' at Sotheby's auction house on January 12, 2010 in London, England. The sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, a landscape entitled 'Kirche in Cassone' by Gustav Klimt and a still-life entitled 'Pichet et fruits sur une table' by Paul Cézanne, (at rear) each with an estimated value of over 10M GBP, will form the centrepiece of Sotheby's evening sale of Impressionist & Modern Art, on February 3, 2010.
  11. LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 12: A Sotheby's employee looks at a work entitled 'Pichet et fruits sur une table' by Paul Cézanne at Sotheby's auction house on January 12, 2010 in London, England. A landscape by Gustav Klimt, a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti entitled 'Homme qui marche' and a still-life entitled 'Pichet et fruits sur une table' by Paul Cézanne, each with an estimated value of over 10M GBP, will form the centrepiece of Sotheby's evening sale of Impressionist & Modern Art, on February 3, 2010.
  12. LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 12: A Sotheby's employee looks at a work entitled 'Pichet et fruits sur une table' by Paul Cézanne at Sotheby's auction house on January 12, 2010 in London, England. A landscape by Gustav Klimt, a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti entitled 'Homme qui marche' and a still-life entitled 'Pichet et fruits sur une table' by Paul Cézanne, each with an estimated value of over 10M GBP, will form the centrepiece of Sotheby's evening sale of Impressionist & Modern Art, on February 3, 2010.
  13. LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 12: Sotheby's employees move a work entitled 'Pichet et fruits sur une table' by Paul Cézanne at Sotheby's auction house on January 12, 2010 in London, England. A landscape by Gustav Klimt, a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti entitled 'Homme qui marche' and a still-life entitled 'Pichet et fruits sur une table' by Paul Cézanne, each with an estimated value of over 10M GBP, will form the centrepiece of Sotheby's evening sale of Impressionist & Modern Art, on February 3, 2010.
  14. Workers hang "Kirche in Cassone" by Gustav Klimt at Sotheby's auction house in London January 12, 2010. The painting is estimated to fetch �12-18 million pounds ($19-29 million) when it is auctioned next month.

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