One of the unexpected bright spots of last November’s art auction season was the strong sales that Sotheby’s achieved when five lots by Roy Lichtenstein, made available by the artist’s estate, sold for nearly $14 million. The combined estimates for these works on paper had been less than half that number.⁠ ⁠ “We’re likely to see much more work by Lichtenstein this season as the already heavily traded pop artist enters the glide path toward his Whitney retrospective, scheduled for some time next year,” Puck’s Marion Maneker writes. “And that’s in addition to the 40 pieces from Lichtenstein’s own collection that are estimated to sell for $35 million or more at Sotheby’s next month.”⁠ ⁠ Marion has details, at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ Photos: Jack Mitchell/Getty Images, Sotheby's/Estate of Roy Lichtenstein⁠ ⁠ #RoyLichtenstein #Art #Auction #Sothebys