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Warhol Memorabilia

KNOWLEDGEABLE PARTIES CONFIRM THAT THIS IS ANDY'S PENIS, OR SOMEONE ELSE IS WEARING HIS CLOTHES. ANDY'S PASSPORT PROVES THAT HE ACTUALLY WAS BORN AUGUST 6, 1928. HE TENDED TO FORGET. VALERIE SOLANAS WROTE THIS NOTE TO ANDY A LITTLE MORE THAN NINE MONTHS BEFORE SHE SHOT HIM ON JUNE 3, 1968. 

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ANDY AND HALSTON CREATED THE 0 BILL BATHROBE, BUT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT IS RUMORED TO HAVE TAKEN IT OUT OF CIRCULATION BECAUSE THE BILLS DEPICTED WERE ACTUAL SIZE. (SEE THE INTERVIEW WITH MARC JACOBS.) THE PAINTBRUSH COVERED WITH MONEY WAS A GIFT TO ANDY FROM HALSTON'S BOYFRIEND, THE ARTIST VICTOR HUGO. 

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WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AFTER NEARLY DYING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS, ANDY WORE A CORSET UNDER HIS CLOTHES TO SUPPORT HIS STOMACH AND ABDOMEN, WHICH WERE RIDDLED WITH SCARS. BRIGID BERLIN DYED THESE CORSETS FOR HIM.

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THESE ARE ANDY'S PAINTING BOOTS. HE HAD AN IDENTICAL, PRISTINE PAIR. 

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MOTORCYCLE JACKET PAINTED BY STEFANO CASTRONOVO.

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THESE BOXES HELD THE RECORDS FOR FILMS DIRECTED BY PAUL MORRISSEY AND PRODUCED BY ANDY WARHOL.

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THE BIG SHOT WAS A FIXED-FOCUS POLAROID MODEL THAT PRODUCED THE BEST EXPOSURES FOR ANDY TO USE FOR HIS PORTRAITS. THEY REQUIRED FLASH CUBES, WHOSE LIGHT GAVE A KIND OF INSTANT RETOUCHING EFFECT, WIPING AWAY WRINKLES AND FLAWS. AFTER THE MODEL WAS DISCONTINUED, ANDY WOULD BUY EVERY BIG SHOT HE CAME ACROSS, AND POLAROID WOULD REPAIR THE CAMERAS FOR HIM AGAIN AND AGAIN.

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ANDY'S LIBRARY WASN'T BIG, BUT IT WAS A MIX OF SERIOUS ART BOOKS, BOOKS BY FRIENDS, AND LIGHTER READING. 

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A PHOTO OF ANDY IN 1964 BY THE FAMOUS NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER WEEGEE.

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ANDY DIDN'T DRIVE, BUT HE OWNED A BROWN MERCEDES-BENZ WITJ A STATE-OF-THE-ART 8-TRACK STEREO SYSTEM. 

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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT PAINTED ANDY'S SCARS ON THIS TURTLENECK, PROBABLY INSPIRED BY THE FAMOUS RICHARD AVEDON PHOTOGRAPH THAT REVEALED THEM.

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ALL OF ANDY'S WIGS WERE FROM ORIGINAL BY PAUL.

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