{"id":2662,"date":"2010-11-11T14:51:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T21:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2010\/11\/sothebys-does-warhols-coke\/"},"modified":"2010-11-16T14:52:43","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T21:52:43","slug":"sothebys-does-warhols-coke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/11\/sothebys-does-warhols-coke\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby&#8217;s Does Warhol&#8217;s Coke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lindsaypollock.com\/news\/bloomberg-warhol-tops-new-york-art-sales-for-second-day-with-35-million-coke-bottle\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>from LINDSAY POLLOCK&#8217;s Art Market Views<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Bloomberg \u2013 Warhol Tops New York Art Sales for Second Day With $35 Million Coke Bottle<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; background-color: #ffffff; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding: 0px\" class=\"maincontent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lindsaypollock.com\/news\/bloomberg-warhol-tops-new-york-art-sales-for-second-day-with-35-million-coke-bottle\/\" style=\"clear: none; color: #f1583f; text-decoration: underline\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lindsaypollock.com\/wp929\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_2267-490x300.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; height: auto; width: 490px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: none\" title=\"IMG_2267\" alt=\"IMG_2267\" class=\"attachment-post-image-full wp-post-image\" height=\"290\" width=\"470\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; color: #666666\" class=\"wp-caption-featured-full\"><em>Tobias Meyer with Warhol Coke bottle at Sotheby&#8217;s press preview. \u00a9 Photo: Lindsay Pollock<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg story\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2010-11-10\/warhol-coke-bottle-goes-for-35-4-million-at-sotheby-s-contemporary-sale.html\" style=\"clear: none; color: #f1583f; text-decoration: none\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Warhol\u2019s painting of a Coca- Cola bottle sold for $35.4 million at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/\" style=\"clear: none; color: #f1583f; text-decoration: none\" target=\"_blank\">Sotheby\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0yesterday, making the artist the star of New York\u2019s contemporary art auctions for two nights running as the market recovers slowly from a slump.<\/p>\n<p>While eight bidders vied for the 7-foot-tall Warhol, they failed to reproduce the drama at rival\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillipsdepury.com\/\" style=\"clear: none; color: #f1583f; text-decoration: none\" target=\"_blank\">Phillips de Pury &amp; Co.<\/a>\u00a0a day earlier, when another 1962 Warhol, of actress Elizabeth Taylor, sold for $63 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was not frothy,\u201d said dealer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blainsouthern.com\/\" style=\"clear: none; color: #f1583f; text-decoration: none\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Blain<\/a>\u00a0after the $222.5 million sale, the largest in the category since May 2008. \u201cIt was good, solid, considered buying, nothing outlandish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Author James Frey, fashion designer Valentino Garavani and Michael Dell\u2019s money manager, Glenn Fuhrman, were at the front of the saleroom as 91 percent of the 54 lots found buyers. Five artist auction records were set, including Julie Mehretu and Larry Rivers, helping the total rise just above the $214.5 million presale high estimate, which does not include commissions.<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/lindsaypollock.com\/news\/bloomberg-warhol-tops-new-york-art-sales-for-second-day-with-35-million-coke-bottle\/\" target=\"_blank\">click to continue reading at LindsayPollock.com<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from LINDSAY POLLOCK&#8217;s Art Market Views Bloomberg \u2013 Warhol Tops New York Art Sales for Second Day With $35 Million Coke Bottle Tobias Meyer with Warhol Coke bottle at Sotheby&#8217;s press preview. \u00a9 Photo: Lindsay Pollock Bloomberg story\u00a0here. Andy Warhol\u2019s painting of a Coca- Cola bottle sold for $35.4 million at\u00a0Sotheby\u2019s\u00a0yesterday, making the artist the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}