Andy Warhol’s “Elvis Presley” Sells For $37 Million.

The combination of Andy Warhol and Elvis Presley proved very lucrative on Wednesday, when Warhol’s silkscreen dubbed “Double Elvis (Ferus Type)” was sold for a hefty $37 million dollars at auction, according to Sotheby’s. The anticipated price was reportedly between $30 to $50 million that Sotheby’s estimated that it could possibly have sold for.

The New York Times reported that the winning bidder was dealer Jose’ Mugrabi, who reportedly has the “world’s largest private stash” of Warhol paintings—800 of them in total. In the Wall Street Journal profile of the dealer in 2008 included one humorous incident highlighting how hard it must be to keep track of his hundreds of purchases:

When asked how many Warhols he owns, Mr. Mugrabi furrowed his eyebrows and stared off into a corner of the room. “Etsy!!” he bellowed. “Warhols, how many do I have?” Less than a minute later, his longtime assistant, Etsy Neuman, popped through the door from the reception area holding a printout. “Eight hundred,” she said, matter of factly.

The “Double Elvis” Warhol portrait, as described in a news release before the sale, showcased Elvis as a Western gunslinger on a silver background. This work, one of the 22 Elvis paintings in the series was created in 1963 and was billed as the “first Double Elvis to appear on the market since 1995.”

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