Pittsburgh’s favorite son, Andy Warhol, was born on this day in 1928. When Andy died following gall bladder surgery in 1987, he left a 30-room townhouse stuffed to the rafters with his collections, including his 150 (or so) cookie jars. It took ten days to sell the estate at auction — yielding $30 million.
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