Roy Lichtenstein’s “Green Head,” a 1979 acrylic and oil canvas from a private St. Louis collection, heads to Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated sale on October 7 with a $2.5–3.5 million estimate. Trader sentiment reflects the artist’s resurgent secondary-market strength: 2025 auction totals reached $172 million, the highest since 2015, while average lot prices have nearly doubled again this year amid tighter supply of major works. The impending Whitney Museum retrospective “Roy Lichtenstein: Like New” adds visibility and institutional momentum just weeks before the hammer falls. With resolution tied strictly to the final “lot sold” price in USD, traders are watching for any last-minute comparable results or shifts in blue-chip demand that could push the outcome above or below the published estimate range.