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Eight Elvises

 * ... that despite being sold for $100 million, Andy Warhol's Eight Elvises hasn't been seen in public since the 1960s and its location is currently unknown?
 * Reviewed: Bar-backed Partridge (two up from this one)

5x expanded by Sven Manguard (talk). Self nominated at 16:59, 1 December 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg The article is long enough, the hook is verified and interesting, the subject is notable, and expansion is 5x (almost to the character). Teemu08 (talk) 20:04, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The "despite" doesn't make much sense; it implies a causal relationship between selling for a high price and being seen in public. I think the following is better:
 * ALT1: ... that Andy Warhol's Eight Elvises, which sold for $100 million, hasn't been seen in public since the 1960s and its location is currently unknown? M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  20:31, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT2: ... that Andy Warhol's Eight Elvises, which sold for $100 million in 2008, hasn't been seen in public since the 1960s and its location and owner are currently unknown?
 * What about ALT2? I tweaked the wording jut a tad to put the emphasis back on the mysteriousness of its status, rather than the price.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  22:56, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Sounds good to me. My tick is reiterating the one given by Teemu08; all I checked was the year, the only bit of additional information in the new hook. I added a duplicate ref to the article immediately following this information to satisfy DYK rules. (Strangely, I thought I saw this painting at a museum a few years ago; I guess it was just a similar piece.) M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  23:32, 2 December 2013 (UTC)