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An unknown silkscreen print said to be by the late Andy Warhol will go on the auction block on Sept. 2 in Col. Kirk's Auction Gallery in Millville, Columbia County.
"It should bring a few hundred thousand" dollars, predicted Josh Williams, the auction gallery's general manager.
That may happen, but there is a problem:
"It doesn't look like a Warhol," said Tom Sokolowski, former director of the Andy Warhol Museum on the North Shore.
The unsigned print, titled "Of Thee I Sing -- Nico," is touted as unique. It shows a stylized American flag with red stripes and a double image of "Nico."
Nico, of course, is Christa Paffgen, the German fashion model and Warhol "superstar" who modeled for Vogue and Coco Chanel. She collaborated with Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground on their 1967 debut album, "The Velvet Underground & Nico."
The auction house states the print is "fairly typical" of Warhol's work. Sokolowski, who saw an emailed image of the print, contends otherwise.
"There are early drawings, but none of them look like that or have that subject matter at all," Sokolowski said. "The only...