Annibale Berlingieri

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Annibale Berlingieri is an Italian heir and art collector, best known for his 2008 sale of Andy Warhol's painting Eight Elvises for $100 million. He first commissioned a work of art in 1970, when he had Christo wrap an old carriage at his country villa at Taranto in jute bags. [1] [2] For 40 years, he was the owner of Eight Elvises , a 1963 silkscreen painting of Elvis Presley by the American pop artist Andy Warhol, until its sale for $100 million ($111.2 million with fees) in October 2008 to an unknown buyer, a world record for Warhol. [3] Despite several requests, Berlingieri never loaned this painting. [4] Berlingieri first appeared in the ARTnews top 200 collectors in 1992. [5] Berlingieri is based in Rome, Italy. [5] His daughter Livia Berlingieri Leopardi and her husband, Count Piervittorio Leopardi Dittajuti, are also art collectors. [6] [7] [8]

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