SELFIE-MADE MILLIONS

Estimate: £5m–£7m

Whether it was a tin of Campbell’s soup, a box of Brillo pads, a can of Coca-Cola or the faces of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, Andy Warhol revolutionised the pop art movement, and created a timeless synergy between commercial advertising and celebrity culture. The above acrylic and silkscreen ink-on-canvas was created in 1963–1964, a period in which Warhol’s fame grew rapidly. Self-Portrait comes from a collection of nine silk prints, which used a ‘sel!e’ taken by Warhol in a New York dime-store photobooth as the main source material. A pivotal collection in the artist’s portfolio, it represents the moment in which his own appearance, and unusual personal style, became crucial to his rise in celebrity. He soon gained accreditation as one of the most important self-portraitists in history. Having remained in a personal collection since the 1980s, this was the !rst of Warhol’s self-portraits to be sold at auction. A "urry of press coverage and excitement preceded its sale at Sotheby’s earlier this year, where it commanded an extraordinary hammer price. In the age of Facebook, Instagram and the ‘sel!e stick’, the sale of Warhol’s !rst ever ‘sel!e’ – created 50 years before we all started snapping our own – has made waves in the contemporary art world.

Hammer: £6m

* 020 7293 5000; sothebys.com