{"id":432756,"date":"2022-04-16T21:16:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/andy-warhols-healing-crystal-to-hit-nyc-auction-block\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T21:16:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:16:38","slug":"andy-warhols-healing-crystal-to-hit-nyc-auction-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/andy-warhols-healing-crystal-to-hit-nyc-auction-block\/","title":{"rendered":"#Andy Warhol&#8217;s &#8216;healing&#8217; crystal to hit NYC auction block"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22fe2fd0d1a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22fe2fd0d1a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/andy-warhols-healing-crystal-to-hit-nyc-auction-block\/#%E2%80%9CAndy_Warhols_%E2%80%98healing_crystal_to_hit_NYC_auction_block%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Andy Warhol&#8217;s &#8216;healing&#8217; crystal to hit NYC auction block&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAndy_Warhols_%E2%80%98healing_crystal_to_hit_NYC_auction_block%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Andy Warhol&#8217;s &#8216;healing&#8217; crystal to hit NYC auction block&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A \u201chealing crystal\u201d that was with Andy Warhol in his last days will go on the auction block this month, where it could bring upwards of $70,000.<\/p>\n<p>The crystal was given to Warhol\u2019s best pal, the artist Brigid Berlin, and found in a bedside table at her lavishly-decorated Kips Bay apartment after her death at 80 in 2020. It was in a well-worn shoe polish pouch from the infamous Watergate Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she wanted whatever magic Andy felt would h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en to him, would happen to her with the crystal,\u201d said Rob Vaczy, Berlin\u2019s neighbor and close friend, who is the co-executor of her estate. She had been bedridden for several years with a variety of health problems.<\/p>\n<p>The sale of the 3.5-inch long crystal, and other items from Berlin\u2019s estate, will be held on April 27 by the Doyle auction house on the Upper East Side.<\/p>\n<p>Berlin had a privileged upbringing as the daughter of Richard Berlin, the head of the Hearst media empire, and his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ite wife, Honey. But she gravitated toward a more bohemian lifestyle, befriending Warhol in 1964.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-apt-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Brigid Berlin\" class=\"wp-image-21929292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-apt-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-apt-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-apt-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Brigid Berlin was Andy Warhol\u2019s best friend.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-auction9.1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Berlin was given Warhol's crystal after his death. \" class=\"wp-image-21929318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-auction9.1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-auction9.1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-auction9.1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Berlin was given Warhol\u2019s crystal \u2014 which could fetch around $70K \u2014 after his death. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Doyle.com\">http:\/\/www.Doyle.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She appeared in his film \u201cChelsea Girls;\u201d was known for her \u201cT-t Prints\u201d which she made with her paint-covered breasts; and for administering amphetamines via syringe injections to the behind. The latter practice earned her the nickname \u201cBrigid Polk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI was with him every single day and talked to him four or five times a day,\u201d she once said of Warhol.<\/p>\n<p>Warhol\u2019s fascination with crystals was tied to gallbladder issues the artist suffered years after being shot in the abdomen in 1968 by writer Valerie Solanas. He had to wear a surgical corset to hold his organs in place.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-apt-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Berlin\" class=\"wp-image-21929297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-apt-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-apt-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-apt-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The crystal was found in Berlin\u2019s Kips Bay apartment after her death in 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He mentions them frequently in \u201cThe Andy Warhol Diaries,\u201d his posthumously published memoir that has recently been made into a Netflix <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really do believe that all this hokum-pokum helps, though. It\u2019s positive thinking,\u201d he wrote in August 1984.<\/p>\n<p>The auction of Berlin\u2019s belongings will include other items tied to Warhol. There is a brick from the final Factory location and signed postcards of his endangered species series.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"961\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-auction6.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Andy Warhol's Crystal and Japanese Omamori were presented to Brigid Berlin upon his death.\" class=\"wp-image-21929493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-auction6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-auction6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/brigid-berlin-auction6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Andy Warhol\u2019s Crystal and Japanese Omamori were presented to Brigid Berlin upon his death.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Doyle.com\">http:\/\/www.Doyle.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of Berlin\u2019s prints is up for sale, along with needlepoint pillows she created of two New York Post covers.<\/p>\n<p>The public will be able to view the items from April 23 to April 25 at Doyle\u2019s 87th Street headquarters.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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