Annibale Berlingieri is an Italian heir and art collector, best known for his 2008 sale of

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's painting ''

Eight Elvises ''Eight Elvises'' is a 1963 silkscreen painting by American pop artist Andy Warhol of Elvis Presley. In 2008, it was sold by Annibale Berlingieri for $100 million to a private buyer, which at the time was the most valuable work by Andy Warhol. ...

'' for $100 million. He first commissioned a work of art in 1970, when he had

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wrap an old carriage at his country villa at

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in jute bags. For 40 years, he was the owner of ''

'', a 1963 silkscreen painting of

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by the American pop artist

, until its sale for $100 million ($111.2 million with fees) in October 2008 to an unknown buyer, a world record for Warhol. Despite several requests, Berlingieri never loaned this painting. Berlingieri first appeared in the

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top 200 collectors in 1992. Berlingieri is based in Rome, Italy. His daughter Lidia Berlingieri Leopardi and her husband, Count Piervittorio Leopardi Dittajuti, are also art collectors.

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