A new record was set for work by Andy Warhol when a painting of a car crash sold for $71.7m (£36.3m) in New York. The 1963 painting, Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I), depicts an overturned car on fire. It easily beat the previous auction record for work by the pop art pioneer, set last November when a painting of Chairman Mao sold for $17.4m (£8.8m).
How much money or how little self esteem would you need to plop over $71m for a painting? I admit I am no art major, but I certainly can’t see what it is that makes this painting worth so much.
Source: BBC News