How much is a portrait of tennis player?
Tennis legend John Makinroy sold at auction Sotheby
The winner of seven tournaments «Greater helmet» American tennis player John Makinroy annually commenting for the BBC going to the British capital Uimbldonsky tennis tournament came at this time in London even with one purpose - at Sotheby's evening auction on July 1 will be exhibited owned his picture of Andy Warhol.
This is a family portrait, which was established in 1986 in which he depicted himself first with his wife, Tatum O'Neill. In 1980 Tatum O'Neil was very popular. She received «Oscar» for the role of tape in the 1973 «Paper Moon».
According to the auction house, the picture of one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century and the founder of the American pop art of Andy Warhol is estimated at 250-300 thousand pounds (500-600 thousand dollars).
All proceeds from the sale of funds received, as previously announced, in a charity fund «Abode humanity», which deals with the disadvantaged.
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