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Debbie Harry Portrait Sells For Millions 
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July 1, 2011
Andy Warhol’s famed Debbie Harry portrait has been sold for a cool $5.9 million.
The Heart of Glass singer posed for Warhol in his New York studio back in 1980 and the finished product - a hot pink silkscreen canvas - was one of the star lots at Sotheby's two-day auction in London, which ended on Thursday.
Former Eurythmics rocker Dave Stewart also attracted bidders after offloading pieces from his personal art collection.
A spot painting by Damien Hirst, entitled Dantrolene (Being God for Dave), which the renowned British artist dedicated to the musician, went for $1.8 million.
The guitarist also sold off Hirst's 1992 piece Acridine for $962K while another work from Stewart's collection - Mouth, by Gilbert and George - fetched $232K.
The contemporary art auction pulled in a record-breaking total of $172 million.
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Reply #1 posted 07/01/11 2:38pm
purplethunder3
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Photo: Getty
July 1, 2011
Andy Warhol’s famed Debbie Harry portrait has been sold for a cool $5.9 million.
The Heart of Glass singer posed for Warhol in his New York studio back in 1980 and the finished product - a hot pink silkscreen canvas - was one of the star lots at Sotheby's two-day auction in London, which ended on Thursday.
Former Eurythmics rocker Dave Stewart also attracted bidders after offloading pieces from his personal art collection.
A spot painting by Damien Hirst, entitled Dantrolene (Being God for Dave), which the renowned British artist dedicated to the musician, went for $1.8 million.
The guitarist also sold off Hirst's 1992 piece Acridine for $962K while another work from Stewart's collection - Mouth, by Gilbert and George - fetched $232K.
The contemporary art auction pulled in a record-breaking total of $172 million.
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Nice painting...but Andy Warhol's stuff is SEVERELY over-inflated!  "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Reply #3 posted 07/01/11 3:33pm
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Timmy84 said:
Happy birthday Debbie! 
Didn't know it was her B'day. Same sentiments!  "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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