Andy Warhol Art Auctioned Off for $300,000 in Amesbury

Known for old mill buildings along the Merrimack River, a history of carriage making, and for 19th-century poet John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury is not typically associated with Andy Warhol’s flashy Pop Art movement that dominated New York City in the 1960s. However, Saturday December 2, 2017 changed that. Collectors of works by Warhol, Basquiat, and their contemporaries sought out this small town on the New Hampshire border as a destination. John McInnis Auctioneers on Main Street sold a large estate on this day that is typical of a prominent New England family, but with a twist. In addition to the expected Yankee an

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Andy Warhol Art Auctioned Off for $300,000 in Amesbury

Fans of the Pop Art icon will find some of his work for auction in this small town on the New Hampshire border, left behind by Warhol’s final companion and Amesbury resident, Jon Gould.

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