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Lot #716
Andy Warhol

Warhol’s personally-owned Elgin pocket watch

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Warhol’s personally-owned Elgin pocket watch

Warhol’s personally-owned Elgin pocket watch, measuring 1.75″ in diameter, featuring a face with Arabic numerals, blue hands, and a smaller subdial for seconds. The watch case is silver-colored with a beautiful, ornate art deco design, something Warhol showed a particular affinity toward. In nonfunctional condition with some tarnishing to edges of the face, and a couple slight dents to back of the case. Originally acquired through Sotheby’s sale of Warhol’s estate in 1988. The eccentric artist was known to frequent flea markets and auctions alike, purchasing items that caught his eye due to their design—his art, after all, elevated even the most everyday objects, a theme found in perhaps his most famous work, Campbell's Soup Cans. RR Auction COA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph
  • Dates: #426 - Ended April 16, 2014