Eddie Murphy Bought One of Black Culture’s Most Iconic Symbols From Marvin Gaye’s Estate, Valued at Over $15 Million — You Won’t Believe What He Paid
When Ernie Barnes’ “Sugar Shack” painting went up for auction at Christie’s in May of 2022 — more than a decade after the artist’s death — the British auction house estimated it would sell for around $200,000. The 1976 painting of a live dance hall scene is his most celebrated work and one of the…