The Air is thin above $5 million

This quote is from an article on artforum regarding the recent lot of Andy Warhol’s and contemporary painters that went on sale. Hype surrounding the event had people saying the 200 One Dollar Bills would fetch 40 million dollars. The collector in his day had paid $385,000 in 1986. The painting ended up going for 43 million dollars, the second highest ever paid for a Warhol. For more detailed pictures of the work