«IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE»

Christie’s has a 90-by-70-inch canvas “Diamond Dust Shoes” (1980-81) in which high-heeled sandals are sprinkled with diamond dust, for $1 million to $1.5 million.“If you can buy a 90-by-70 Warhol shoe painting for $1 million, it’s better than owning Google, Microsoft and Facebook together,” said Alberto Mugrabi, New York-based collector and dealer in Warhol. “I am not involved in selling this work, but I will be involved in the buying.”So let the Russian oligarchs and Arab sheiks compete for Steven Cohen’s aquamarine “Liz” that has a $20 million to $30 million estimate range at Phillips de Pury on May 12.

-Bloomberg