Trophy works to star in NY auctions

New York

VINCENT Van Gogh's bright flowers, Andy Warhol's macho Marlon Brando and Alberto Giacometti's chariot are among the works expected to fetch top prices at auctions of about US$1.8 billion of art here.

Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips will offer 2,300 lots during two weeks of day and evening sales of Impressionist, modern, postwar and contemporary art starting Tuesday. The estimate by the auction houses is expected to surpass the US$1.8 billion total from last November, but may not match the US$2.2 billion record set in May in New York.