When bidders were given the chance to buy paintings by Andy Warhol, Renoir and Congo the chimpanzee, can you guess which they chose?
Three of Congo's abstract, tempera paintings were sold at Bonhams in London for more than $26,000. Those went, while bidders bypassed the works of both Renoir and Pittsburgh's Warhol.
Congo's paintings were only expected to fetch up to $1,500. The museum's director says it was quite a surprise. He says “We just put them in for our own amusement.”
Congo produced about 400 drawings and paintings between the ages of two and four. He died in 1964 from tuberculosis.
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