Metallica Guitarist Sells Painting of Conan the Barbarian—With a $10 M. Asking Price

Bidding starts at $10 million for a painting of Conan the Barbarian that Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett bought from artist Frank Frazetta for $1 million in 2009. The work, titled Conan the Berserker (1967), served as cover art for a paperback edition of Robert E. Howard’s novel Conan the Conqueror, and is being offered up in Heritage Auctions’ “Hollywood/Entertainment Signature Auction” December 9–10.Conan looks more than a little triumphant in the painting,