Art history. 32 Warhol's for $1000 #shorts

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:03]In 1962, Andy Warhol changed art forever with a can of soup.

[00:00:10]But when he first showed them in LA, the local art scene thought it was a total joke.

[00:00:17]The gallery next door decided to troll him.

[00:00:20]They stacked actual cans of Campbell soup in their window and put up a sign, "Get the real thing for less, two for 33 cents."

[00:00:29]At the time, the soup war worked.

[00:00:33]Warhol struggled to sell them individually, so the gallery owner bought the entire set of 32 paintings for just $1,000.

[00:00:42]And even let Warhol pay it off in monthly installments.

[00:00:46]That neighbor's cheaper soup probably ended up in a cupboard.

[00:00:51]But that $1,000 set, decades later, its value skyrocketed to over $15 million.