Warhol Portrait Of Liz Sells For $12 Mil

An Andy Warhol portrait of Elizabeth Taylor has been sold in New York for $12.6 million. “The painting, which was made from a publicity photo in the year Taylor starred in the Cleopatra, just exceeded its pre-sale estimate of $9-12m. The portrait had been owned by the same person since 1965 and was bought by English diamond mogul Laurence Graff.”