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Bid on this Andy Warhol Apple logo serigraph

I love art. I love Apple products. When the two intersect, I get very interested. For example, I have an original Nitrozac oil painting hanging on my office wall depicting Steve Jobs announcing the iPhone at Macworld Expo 2007.

TUAW reader Ramy sent us a tip about an Andy Warhol serigraph that is currently up for auction at O'Gallerie in Portland, Oregon. The silkscreen color print (photo at right) was commissioned by Del Yocam, who was Apple's first COO and head of the Apple II division during the 1980s. Yocam is now on the Board of Directors of Adobe Systems.

While we'll never know why this iconic Warhol is up for grabs, if you have $20-30K just burning a hole in your pocket, now you have something to spend it on.

Peter O'Grady of O'Gallerie was kind enough to give us permission to reproduce the image of the Warhol serigraph, and noted that Portland readers can attend the auction on May 6th at 7 PM PDT.

(Don't worry. I won't be bidding against you.)

I love art. I love Apple products. When the two intersect, I get very interested. For example, I have an original Nitrozac oil painting...
 

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The Apple Doctor

On January 15, 1997 I bought the same serigraph for $7,200! It was #84/190. I paid about $50 to have it framed in a 48" x 48" plexi box and it hung over the fireplace of my current & previous house. In need of funds, I sold it on March 15, 2005, for $15,000, back to the broker I bought it from! I'm sure he probably had a buyer who was going to pay $20-25K, but oh well, I still doubled my money. Being in the Mac repair business, I loved to show it off to my customers. Hope whoever buys it, enjoys it as much as I did mine.

April 30 2009 at 11:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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The Apple Doctor

OOPS! Framing was $450. My fingers must be faulty.

April 30 2009 at 11:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bob R. Kenyon

I remember when these were being sold at local galleries back in the 80's. I wish I had the $10k to spend on one back then.

April 30 2009 at 7:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
namdnal siroj

AW liked commercialism +1 vote.

April 30 2009 at 5:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ed

I would say at $30,000 it's a good investment. Expensive certainly, but likely to go up in value.

April 29 2009 at 7:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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changsc

I have an artist proof x/30 obtained in the mid-90's. Glad to see this sort of appreciation!

April 30 2009 at 12:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Herbal Remedies

Technology and art should not necessarily be accompanied but in cases like Apple need to see that comparison ... I agree that adds value to a technological tool with the styles of different artists ...
Herbal Remedies
http://www.naturals-products.com

April 29 2009 at 6:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joseph

Warhol would be laughing if he was around today. His whole artistic campaign was the anti-Thomas Kincaid. It was one giant slam against commercialism and society. The fact that his artwork would culminate in the method contrary to his message would be an ironic twist.
There was a reason that he made hundreds of the same images and used iconography like campbells and marilyn.
The one thing that is cool is that he died in 87, he never got to see what apple has become. I would buy an ipod litho done in warhol style just to continue the conversation in his name.

April 29 2009 at 5:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Mark

$20-30k for a print (#142/190)!!??!?!?!?! Absolutely insane. How much is the original worth?

April 29 2009 at 5:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Marc Robichaud

It's a silk screen, so there is no "original." He probably drew each color separately drawing/tracing promotional material.

April 29 2009 at 7:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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