Warhol’s Jackson Painting Sold

November 12th, 2009 A controversial painting that depicts the murder of rocker 'DIMEBAG' DARRELL ABBOTT is to be auctioned in London. American artist Tom Sanford painted The Assassination of Dimebag Darrell in 2005, part of a series of violent-themed artworks that also includes his interpretation of a 2004 Vibe Awards stabbing involving 50 Cent.

November 12th, 2009 Warhol painting a hot ticket at NYC auctionNEW YORK — A painting by Andy Warhol, "200 One Dollar Bills," brought the equivalent of 43.8 million dollar bills at auction, more than three times its highest presale estimate of $12 million. The piece, one of Warhol's first silk-screen paintings, sold at Sotheby's on Wednesday evening.

October 25th, 2009 A MICHAEL JACKSON portrait created by ANDY WARHOL is expected to fetch up to $700,000 (£46,600) when it goes up for auction in Los Angeles next month (Nov09). Warhol painted the Jackson portrait in 1984.

October 23rd, 2009 Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson up for auctionLOS ANGELES — Christie's auction house will offer up a portrait of Michael Jackson by Andy Warhol in New York on Nov. 10. The auction house told The Associated Press on Friday that the 30-by-26-inch portrait should fetch an estimated $500,000 to $700,000.

September 24th, 2009 Belgium: thieves make off with Magritte paintingBRUSSELS — Two armed robbers made off with a $1.1 million painting by Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte in a morning heist at a small museum in the Belgian capital on Thursday. Brussels city police spokesman Johan Berckmans says the two men escaped with the 1948 "Olympia" oil painting by car on Thursday after holding museum staff and tourists at gunpoint.

September 10th, 2009 NY's Met museum reattributes painting to VelazquezNEW YORK — New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art has reattributed a painting in its collection to the 17th-century Spanish master Velazquez. The museum had previously ascribed the portrait to the workshop of Velazquez, not to the artist himself.

August 19th, 2009 Warhol's Jackson portrait sold by NY art galleryEAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — A New York art gallery has sold an Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson, but won't reveal the purchase price or the buyer.

August 18th, 2009 Warhol's Jackson portrait auction enters last dayEAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — A New York art gallery is expecting some brisk last-minute bidding on an Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson.

July 16th, 2009 NY gallery resumes sale of Warhol's JacksonEAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — An Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson is back on the auction block at a New York art gallery.

July 13th, 2009 Warhol's Jackson portrait dropped from NY auctionEAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — A New York art gallery has temporarily removed an Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson from the auction block.

July 3rd, 2009 Jackson portrait displayed in NYC car showroomNEW YORK — A rarely seen portrait of Michael Jackson is on display inside a New York City showroom that sells luxury cars to celebrities. Owner Marty Abrams says an oil painting titled "The Book" is the only portrait Jackson sat for because he was friends with Australian painter Brett-Livingstone Strong.

May 14th, 2009 Hockney painting sells for record $7.9 millionNEW YORK — David Hockney's painting "Beverly Hills Housewife" sold for a record $7.9 million after fierce bidding Wednesday, a sign that collectors are eager to buy rare and high-quality works despite the recession, the Christie's auction house said. A Claes Oldenburg sculpture "Typewriter Eraser," from 1976, also set a record, selling for $2.2 million at the auction of post-war and contemporary art.

May 9th, 2009 Italian painting stolen by Nazis recoveredNEW YORK — A late 16th century Italian Baroque painting that was looted by the Nazis from a German-Jewish art dealer has been recovered, a Canadian university announced Wednesday. The circa 1595 painting of St.

May 8th, 2009 NY man returns Nazi-looted art hanging in his roomNEW YORK — A late 16th century Italian Baroque painting that was looted by the Nazis from a German-Jewish art dealer and had been hanging in a man's living room has been recovered, a Canadian university announced Wednesday. The circa 1595 painting of St.

May 6th, 2009 No buyer for Pablo Picasso painting at NYC auctionNEW YORK — A Pablo Picasso painting of his young daughter and an Alberto Giacometti sculpture of a cat, each estimated to sell for $16 million to $24 million, failed to find buyers at auction Tuesday as the art world struggles with the global financial crisis. The Sotheby's auction house said bids for the two artworks at its impressionist and modern art sale fell below their reserve prices.