NEW YORK - JUNE 22: Original artwork by Andy Warhol designed for the album 'The Velvet Underground and Nico' is up for auction at the Christie's Pop Culture auction on June 22, 2009 in New York City. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

NEW YORK - JUNE 22: Original artwork by Andy Warhol designed for the album 'The Velvet Underground and Nico' is up for auction at the Christie's Pop Culture auction on June 22, 2009 in New York City.

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  1. Paintings by artist Andy Warhol are shown in this undated handout photo from the Los Angeles Police Department released to Reuters September 11, 2009. The artworks were stolen from the home of a Los Angeles collector, the LAPD said on Friday.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. '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.
  6. '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.
  7. '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.
  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.
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  10. LEIPZIG, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 27: Nico Frommer, Ingo Hertzsch and Rene Heusel (L-R) battle for the ball during the League Five match between RB Leipzig and 1.FC Lok Leipzig at the Zentralstadion on September 27, 2009 in Leipzig, Germany.
  11. PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 26: Nico Breedt of the Free State Cheetahs and Danie Rossouw of the Blue Bulls during the Absa Currie Cup match between Blue Bulls and the Free State Cheetahs from Loftus Versfeld Stadium on September 26, 2009 in Pretoria, South Africa.
  12. FC St. Gallen's (FCSG) Nico Abegglen (front) fights for the ball with BSC Young Boy's (YB) Saif Ghezal during their Swiss Super League soccer match in St. Gallen September 26, 2009.
  13. MUNICH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 26: Nico Beigang (R) of Regensburg challenges Malte Metzelder of Ingolstadt during the Third League match between Jahn Regensburg and FC Ingolstadt at Jahnstadion on September 26, 2009 in Regensburg, Germany.
  14. MUNICH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 26: Nico Beigang (R) of Regensburg challenges Malte Metzelder of Ingolstadt during the Third League match between Jahn Regensburg and FC Ingolstadt at Jahnstadion on September 26, 2009 in Regensburg, Germany.
  15. Williams's German driver Nico Roserg steers his car during the first practice session for the 2009 Singapore Formula One Grand Prix at the Marina Bay City Circuit in Singapore on September 25, 2009. Veteran Rubens Barrichello threw down the gauntlet to Brawn GP team-mate Jenson Button by topping the times in opening free practice for Singapore Grand Prix set for September 27.
  16. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 19: Nico Breedt of the Cheetahs wins the line out during the Absa Currie Cup match between the Sharks and Free State Cheetahs at the Absa Stadium on September 19, 2009 in Durban, South Africa.

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