Andy Warhol painting is sold at NYC auction for $105M, setting sales record for artist

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This Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 photo provided by Christie\'s New York shows the bidding during the auction for the 1969 painting by Francis Bacon, "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" in New York. "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" was sold at Christie\'s postwar and contemporary art sale for over 42 million in New York, a record for most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. (AP Photo/Christie\'s Images LTD. 2013)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – An Andy Warhol painting sold at a New York City auction has set a sales record for works by the famed pop artist.

Sotheby’s said Wednesday that Warhol’s “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)” sold for $105 million, including the buyer’s premium. It had been expected to fetch as much as $80 million.

The buyer wasn’t immediately identified.

The 8- by 13-foot painting captures the immediate aftermath of a car crash and depicts a twisted body sprawled across a car’s mangled interior. The 1963 work has only been seen in public once in the past 26 years.

The previous Warhol auction record was $71.7 million, set in 2007.

The sale comes a day after the record was broken for art sold at auction, a Francis Bacon triptych that went for $142.4 million.

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