Andy Warhol's iconic 1960s painting "White Disaster" sold for $85 million at auction Wednesday evening at Sotheby's in New York, according to CBS News. The 1963 work of art was sold after two minutes and a brief duel between two bidders for a total of $74 million
"White Disaster" is a work of silkscreen ink and graphite depicting the same black-and-white image of a macabre car accident 19 times on a canvas 12 feet tall.
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It was one of the highest prices ever paid for a work by the artist at auction. Sotheby s in New York said $315m was generated from artworks sold in total on Wednesday night.