Bourbon-Filled Train Sculpture Sells for $33.8M at Auction
All aboard the booze train. A Jeff Koons steel-and-bourbon sculpture sold for $37.765 million on Tuesday, according to New York auction house Christie’s.
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Sculptor Jeff Koons created just three of his “Jim Beam J.B. Turner’’ trains. The 9 1/2-foot stainless steel trains are filled with Jim Beam bourbon.
Christie’s has Koons’ description of the work:
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The piece was expected to fetch about $25 million, according to an Associated Press report.
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