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A second portrait of Michael Jackson by Andy Warhol is scheduled to hit the auction block.
Christie's is offering a 30-by-26-inch portrait of the late singer for a sale scheduled to take place on Nov. 10 in New York, reports the Associated Press. The painting is among a small group of Warhol silk-screened images of Jackson created in 1984.
A New York art gallery sold a similar Warhol portrait of Jackson in August to an anonymous buyer. The gallery would not disclose the price, but said it was more than a million dollars.
Christie's expects its Warhol painting to collect $500,000 to $700,000. The image depicts Jackson smiling in a "Thriller"-era jacket, with squiggles of red and yellow in his hair.
Deputy chairman Brett Gorvy says the seller is an anonymous private collector in New York who bought it from the Andy Warhol Foundation in the 1990s. The image is part of 47 lots being auctioned, including two other Warhol paintings.
