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Andy Warhol may be best known for his pop art iconography of Marilyn Monroe, Chairman Mao and Campbells soup cans, but next month, a silkscreen print of a mangled car crash will be up for sale at Sothebys in New York. It is expected to sell for upwards of US$80 million.

White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times) to go under the hammer in New York

A monumental canvas from the Pop artist's "Death and Disaster" series could fetch more than $80 million at Sotheby's contemporary sale.

Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope star in The Collaboration, which shows the artists in 1980s New York

The exorbitant price for a trivial, empty work underscores the domination of the art world by a financial aristocracy that brushes aesthetic questions aside.

There's one iconic counter-culture figure who changed the current artistic landscape for ever. Andy Warhol is one of the most famous artists of all time.

Andy Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn Monroe portrait sold for a staggering, record-breaking $195 million at auction.

Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn fetched over $170 million before fees, but pre-sale estimates had speculated a price of $200 million or higher.

Pre-sale estimates for Shot Sage Blue Marilyn went as high as $200 million. The auctioneers have described the portrait as one of the best of all time

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