The Washington Post writes about a pair of Warhol portraits of Princess Diana and Prince Charles that are going on sale in London:

The Opera Gallery in London says it acquired the original artworks from a private collection and will be selling them as a diptych for 2 million pounds ($3.15 million.)

Judd Tully caught up with the buyer of Dennis Hopper’s Mao print:

Leaving the mildly attended salesroom this morning, Amed Khanseemed slightly dazed when asked how high he had been willing to go on the Mao that he had just won for a $250,000 hammer price (before premium). “$80,000,” said the young investment banker, the president of Paradigm Global Group Inc. “It’s a remarkable piece of history,” continued the casually dressed collector. “I won it and that’s all you need to say.”

Khan says his real passion is in collecting antiquities — “the older the better” — so this 38-year-old Warhol, the first by the artist to enter his collection, is a relative exception. “I like Warhol and Hopper,” Khan said by way of explanation. “Who doesn’t?”

Warhol Portraits of Prince Charles, Diana for Sale (Washington Post)

Dennis Hopper’s Shot-Up Warhol Blows Away Its Estimate at Christie’s (ArtInfo.com)