Classic Andy Warhol ‘Macintosh’ Painting Could Fetch $600,000 at Auction

[MacRumors]

Sotheby's will soon be auctioning a contemporary Macintosh painting by the late Andy Warhol, a successful artist known for his paintings of iconic American objects like Coca-Cola and Campbell's Soup and celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali.

The acrylic and silkscreen canvas painting is part of Warhol's "Ads" suite from 1985, one year after the original Macintosh launched. The painting, which features Apple's old rainbow logo sandwiched between the words Apple and Macintosh, is estimated to receive between $400,000 and $600,000 U.S. at auction.

"We went into Sean [John Lennon's son]'s bedroom-and there was a kid there setting up the Apple computer that Sean had gotten as a present, the Macintosh model. I said that once some man had been calling me a lot wanting to give me one, but that I'd never called him back or something, and then the kid looked up and said, 'Yeah, that was me. I'm Steve Jobs.' And he looked so young, like a college guy. And he told me that he would still send me one now. And then he gave me a lesson on drawing with it. It only comes in black and white now, but they'll make it soon in color...I felt so old and out of it with this young whiz guy right there who helped invent it." -- Andy Warhol

The starting bid for the Macintosh painting will be $280,000 U.S. when the eBay auction starts on November 12 at 9:30 AM Eastern. The painting is in very good condition overall based on the Sotheby's report, with only light wear and handling along the edges, minor hairline craquelure, possible retouching and a few other blemishes.

Article Link: Classic Andy Warhol 'Macintosh' Painting Could Fetch $600,000 at Auction

 

[Spink10]

wow - pricey!

I thought my Apple Watch was expensive!

 

[jdillings]

Great story

 

[The Doctor11]

Could get $600,000. I really don't think it will get $600,000.

 

[happydude]

only $600K?! i'll take two, please.

 

[Thunderhawks]

Could get $600,000. I really don't think it will get $600,000.

You mean: It is not clear ...........

 

[fourthtunz]

I'd like to know the back story of how Steve Jobs ended up bringing a Mac over to John Lennon's house

 

[captain cadet]

Looks like something a toddler could do...

 

[Thunderhawks]

Great story

I am not into running around with advertising for anybody,
but that would be a great T-Shirt on rose gold or Slate gray background.

Special Apple promo for their store personnel?

 

[Benjamin Frost]

As Jobs might have said, Warhol+Apple=

BOOM

 

[anthonymoody]

Warhol's have been selling at/beyond the high end of the range of late. Wouldn't be remotely surprised to see this go far higher than $600k.

 

[tennisproha]

For a limited time only, I will be selling the exact same thing for the low price of $10k. Act now! Message me if interested.

 

[FSMBP]

I guess I just don't get art...

 

[maflynn]

Wow, there's a cool story I hadn't heard before. The artwork is one thing, but the back story is better

 

[neuropsychguy]

I guess I just don't get art...

There's art and then there's "art". Warhol did "art".

 

[JeffyTheQuik]

I'm glad there are artists out there. I don't get their work a lot of the time, but that's on me (an engineer).

 

[5105973]

I guess I just don't get art...

I don't get modern art or pop art very well myself. A lot of Warhol's work looks to me like someone messing around with Photoshop filters. But maybe that was the point? And were the filters created to mimic his work? I don't know. He was very iconic and influential so I would imagine lots of people out there do get what he was doing. My sister-in-law is a fan so maybe she will explain it to me one day.

 

[H2SO4]

Looks like something a toddler could do...

Nail on head right here.

I always look at art like this and think, Really??
So Warhol painted it, meh. So Senna drove it, big deal etc. etc…..

 

[gixxerfool]

I'd like to know the back story of how Steve Jobs ended up bringing a Mac over to John Lennon's house

If I recall correctly, Jobs, and Warhol, were at Sean's birthday. The Mac was a gift from Jobs to Sean.

 

[btrach144]

They're using eBay to sell a Warhol painting? Seems like it deserves a better auction forum.

 

[TallManNY]

Seems a bit low. Not one of Warhol's best pieces of work by a long shot. But the combo of hot Apple and Warhol name would make me think this should go higher. I mean Tim Cook should just buy it and stick it in the headquarters. Or you would figure that some internet billionaire would want to have it in their homes. It is "cool" because it is Warhol and it is something that their peer group will get because it is Apple.

 

[69Mustang]

The acrylic and silkscreen canvas painting

PSA: Don't scroll and read simultaneously. Mistakenly read this a s acrylic and silkscreen cave painting.

 

[JAQ]

I'd like to know the back story of how Steve Jobs ended up bringing a Mac over to John Lennon's house

I'm going to guess is has something to do with Steve being a huge Beatles fans, even to the point of naming his company after their record label....

 

[JAQ]

Looks like something a toddler could do...

Which tells us more about you than it does about the art.

 

[Porco]

I preferred his Amiga work.