Andy Warhol’s Double Elvis artwork could sell for $50m

An Andy Warhol painting of singer Elvis Presley could fetch up to $50m (£31.7m) when sold in a New York auction in May.

Sotheby’s said Double Elvis epitomises the artist’s obsessions with fame, stardom, and the public image.

The life-size painting is one of 22 pieces Warhol dedicated to the singer, and will be shown in London, Los Angeles and Hong Kong before the sale.

Eight Elvises was sold for $100m (£63.5m) in a private sale in 2008.

The highest amount paid at auction for a Warhol was Green Car Crash, which went for $71.7m (£45.5m) in 2007 — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Nazi looted poster art must be returned to Peter Sachs

A Jewish man has won his fight against a German museum for the return of thousands of rare posters stolen from his father by the Nazis in 1938.

Berlin’s Federal Court of Justice ruled Peter Sachs, who now lives in the US, is the rightful owner of the posters.

The judges said that not returning the posters would perpetuate Nazi injustice.

I can’t describe what this means to me on a personal level, Peter Sachs said — via BBC News