'Unseen' Andy Warhol portrait sells for £10.8 million - Telegraph: "After going on show for the first time at Christie's in London, the painting sold for more than double its estimated price to an anonymous bidder.
The 6ft square work, with the artist's face in half-shadow, was part of a hugely important series of works dating back to 1967 when he had found international renown.
The portrait, in red and white, was from a series of 11 highly regarded works, eight of which featured in a landmark retrospective at New York's MOMA two years after his death in 1989. Others are held by the Tate collection and in Munich and San Francisco, and only three have ever been at auction
The work has been in a private collection since 1974 and was only recently rediscovered and authenticated by the draconian Andy Warhol Authentication Board."

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