James Tarmy

A 1964 Andy Warhol silkscreen, "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn," is auctioned at Christie's on Monday in New York on Monday, May 9, 2022. The piece sold for about $195 million at Christie's in New York, making it the highest price achieved for any American work of art at auction. (Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society)

Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’ sells for $195 million, shatters record for U.S. artist

May 10, 2022 at 11:05 a.m.

On Monday night, a 58 year-old silkscreen by Andy Warhol sold at Christie's for a record $195 million. The superlatives abound: With the stroke of a gavel, it became the...

A 1959 Romanée-Conti, DRC, estimated at $30,000 to $42,000. (MUST CREDIT: Sotheby's)

Billionaire Koch brother to sell 20,000 bottles of wine, worth up to $15 million

June 11, 2018 at 12:45 a.m.

On May 19, 20,000 bottles of wine from William Koch's cellar will go to auction at Sotheby's. The blockbuster sale, spread across three days (May 19-21), represents close to half...

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