Portreti i Mao Ce Dunit shitet për… 12,7 milionë dollarë

A man walks past Mao by US artist Andy Warhol, 1973, an acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, during a pre-auction preview by Sotheby's in Hong Kong on March 17, 2017. An Andy Warhol portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong will be auctioned in Hong Kong in a landmark sale that could fetch 15 million USD -- but mainland buyers may be wary of putting in a bid. The classic 1973 screen print by the legendary US pop artist will go under the hammer at Sotheby's next month with the highest estimate the auction house has ever seen for a painting in Asia. It comes as demand grows in the region for a wider variety of works, driven by appetite in China. The auction house describes the event as the first "significant" sale of Western contemporary art in Hong Kong. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)