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For Sale: 'U.S. Unemployment Rate,' By Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol
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via CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2013

via Christie's:

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
U.S. Unemployment Rate
synthetic polymer on paper
23½ x 31½ in. (59.7 x 80 cm.)
Executed circa 1984.

It's going up for auction next month. Estimated sale price: $20,000-$30,000. If that's too much for you, you might consider "Medical Inflation," also on the block, and expected to go for $15,000-$20,000.

via @AnnalynKurtz

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Jacob Goldstein is an NPR correspondent and co-host of the Planet Money podcast. He is the author of the book Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing.