New
York
(ANI):
Late
Dennis
Hopper"s
art
collections
have
fetched
more
than
10
million
dollars,
almost
double
the
minimum
estimate,
this
week
at
a
Christie's
contemporary-art
auction.
The
'Easy
Rider
star,
who
died
in
May,
was
an
avid
collector
as
well
as
a
painter
and
photographer
himself,
reports
the
New
York
Post.
Forty
works
he
owned
including
pieces
by
Andy
Warhol,
Jean-Michel
Basquiat
and
Keith
Haring
went
under
the
hammer.
Hopper's
oldest
daughter,
Marin,
and
her
co-executor,
writer
Alex
Hitz,
celebrated
on
Friday
at
Swifty's
on
Lexington
Avenue
with
investor
Richard
Turley.
Despite
the
messy
legal
situation
with
Hopper's
wife,
Victoria
Duffy,
who
filed
a
45
million
dollar
claim
against
his
estate,
Marin
confirmed
that
Hopper''s
youngest
child,
7-year-old
Galen,
will
receive
40
percent
of
the
estate
to
be
held
in
trust.