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Andy Warhol Painting of Marilyn Monroe sells for records $195M

 A famous Andy Warhol Silkscreen of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195 Million at a Christie's charity Auction Monday night, setting a record for the most expensive piece of American art ever sold. The Iconic Warhol painting shattered the previous record set by the late Brooklyn artist 'Jean-Michel Basquiat's untitled 1982 skull painting, which fetched $110.5 million dollars at a Sotheby's Auction in New York in 2017. Warhol had held the record prior to Basquiat after his 1963 work "Silver Car Cash(Double Disaster)" sold for $105.4 million in 2013. The auction house estimated Warhol's 1964 painting at $200 million before the event. The identity of the winning bidder was not immediately revealed. All proceeds from Lot36A will go to the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich, which put the painting up for auction. The foundation aims to help children with health care and educational programs. Warhol had the four paintings restored and they became known as the &