For its part, Christie’s is betting that a canonical Andy Warhol canvas with top-shelf provenance can spark interest: it will offer the pink-hued acrylic-and-silkscreen Big Electric Chair (1967 ...

Amid a drop in high-end art sales, Christie’s plans to auction Andy Warhol’s Big Electric Chair (1967–68) during its May evening sale in New York from the collection of Belgian patrons Roger Matthys ...

Measuring just over six feet wide, Big Electric Chair (1967–68) will come to the block at Christie’s, bearing an estimate of $30 million. “The more you look at the same exact thing ...

Mahdi, 42, chose to die by three bullets to the heart instead of lethal injection or the electric chair. On March 7, Brad Sigmon was executed in the first U.S. firing squad death in 15 years and ...

Willie Darden, on Florida's death row with a murder conviction, wanted Joe in the chamber when he was killed in the electric chair - so he agreed. Joe watched his 'friend' Willie Darden be ...

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair ...

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair ...

Amid a drop in high-end art sales, Christie's plans to auction Andy Warhol's Big Electric Chair (1967–68) during its May ...

For the first time in its history, the U. S. Supreme Court has decided to review the use of the electric chair to carry out death sentences. Since its first use in 1890, there have been several ...