Original Art is where it's at - Big Money spent on Contemporary Art at Christie's New York on Tuesday

Original art is in high demand once again with a very impressive $247.6 million sale of contemporary art on Tuesday at Christie's in NYC. The biggest sale of the night was Roy Lichtenstein's 1961 "I can see the whole room.....and there's nobody in it!" painting which sold for $43.2 million.

Other big winners included Andy Warhol's famous "Silver Liz" painting which sold for $16.3 million.

Paul McCarthy's "Tomato Head" sculpture sold for $4.3 million.

and Louise Bourgeois's 1996 Bronze "Spider" Sculpture sold for $10.7 million.

So start buying original art, your kids will thank you!

RocK the SKY! -RT