The Argonaut: 'Hope' in Santa Monica: Local auction house to sell iconic original portrait of Barack Obama

By Morgan Owen, Argonaut Associate Editor | May 4, 2023

The sale will take place on May 7 at Santa Monica Auction’s two-day Spring Auction, with a starting bid of $500,000 for the original collage and $200,000 for the stencil. Even though the starting bid is half the valuation (standard policy for Santa Monica Auctions), Berman said he hopes it will sell at least one million… read more