March 16 - 50,000,000 Chart

An iconic portrait of Elvis Presley by pop artist Andy Warhol is poised to fetch as much as $50 million when it hits the auction block in May, Sotheby's said on Thursday. The life-size painting, "Double Elvis (Ferus Type)" from 1963, epitomizes Warhol's obsessions with fame, stardom and the public image, according to Sotheby's. 
Estimated to sell for $30 million to $50 million, it will be included in the auction house's May 9 sale of post-war and contemporary art. In the "Double Elvis" work, Elvis is dressed as a cowboy, shooting a gun, a pose from Flaming Star. 
Of 22 works in Warhol's Elvis series which were first exhibited at Los Angeles' Ferus gallery, nine are in museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art.


Charts

The latest Billboard Album Top 200 and Catalogue Album chartschart for the week ending March 24, 2012:

• 'Elvis: 30 No.1 Hits' re-enters the Top 200 Album Charts at #179 selling some 3,141 copies. Total sales to date: 4,805,033 copies.
• 'An Afternoon In The Garden' also re-enters the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts at #184 selling some 3,104 copies. Total sales to date: 444,433 copies.

The following titles appeared on the Catalog Album Charts:

• 'Elvis: Best Of Love' selling some 2,602 copies. Total sales to date: 246,311 copies.
• 'Elvis Rock' (Compilation) selling some 1,640 copies. Total sales to date: 155,269 copies.
• 'Elvis Country' (Compilation) selling some 1,597 copies. Total sales to date: 99,070 copies.
• 'Elvis Gospel/ An Evening Prayer' (Compilation) selling some 1,577 copies. Total sales to date: 145,877 copies.

Christmas Sales:

• 'Christmas Duets' selling some 17 copies. Total sales to date: 490,075 copies.
• 'Elvis Christmas' selling some 14 copies. Total sales to date: 599,391 copies.

(Source: Briann Quinn / ElvisMatters)