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- Estimate
- $3,000,000–$5,000,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, New York · 12 November 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4413348
- Record
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Andy Warhol, The Kiss (Bela Lugosi). Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2015, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4413348.
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Andy Warhol, The Kiss (Bela Lugosi). Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2015, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4413348.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Nov 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celestial Bodies | George Condo | $600,000–$800,000 | |
| Memory Ware Flat #29 | Mike Kelley | $1,500,000–$2,000,000 | |
| Untitled | Christopher Wood | $3,000,000–$4,000,000 | |
| Concetto Spaziale | Lucio Fontana | $8,000,000–$12,000,000 | |
| Pyongyang IV | Andreas Gursky | $1,200,000–$1,800,000 | |
| Sacrifice | David Smith | $1,500,000–$2,000,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Warhol | Mao | $3,000,000 | Phillips, Jun 2021 | |
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| Andy Warhol | The American Indian (Russell Means) | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Multicolored Retrospective (Reversal Series) | Phillips, May 2022 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Head (After Picasso) | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Self-Portrait | Christie's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Ads | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Flowers (10 Blatt), 1970 | Ketterer Kunst, Jun 2024 |
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