Andy Warhol’s ‘Men in Her Life’ sells for $63 million

Andy Warhol
‘Men in Her Life’, 1962
© Andy Warhol & ARS New York

Andy Warhol’s ‘Men in Her Life’ sells for $63 million Phillips de Pury & Company demonstrated renewed strength in the market delivering exceptionalresults in the biggest ever sale of the company which totaled $137,028,00. Electric bidding in the room and on the telephones for Andy Warhol’s Men in Her Life, 1962, which sold for an outstanding $63,362,500]]>

November 9th, 2010, source: Phillips de Pury
World records broken for Felix Gonzalez Torres “Untitled” (Portrait of Marcel Brient),1992, sold for $4,562,500; Cindy Sherman Untitled #153 sold for $2,770,500 and spirited bidding for two otherworld records for Rudolf Stingel Untitled sold for $2,658,500 and Thomas Schütte Grosse Geist No. 16 sold for$4,114,500.

The first of the new Carte Blanche auctions masterminded by Philippe Ségalot was a triumph for Phillips dePury & Company and continues its tradition as an innovator in the art market.

“It was a real pleasure to work closely with Philippe Ségalot who with the début of Carte Blanche has createda milestone for a new type of auction. I’m thrilled with what is the most successful auction in the history of thecompany and our greatest night ever. The new building, besides being ideally located in midtown Manhattan,has shown to be a great exhibition space coupled with a state-of-the-art sale room.” Simon de Pury, Chairmanof Philips de Pury & Company.