Dennis Hopper's art fetches $10 million at auction

Late Dennis Hopper's art collections have fetched more than $10 million, almost double the minimum estimate, this week at a Christie's contemporary-art auction.

The Easy Rider star, who died in May, was an avid collector as well as a painter and photographer himself, reports the New York Post.

Forty works he owned including pieces by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring went under the hammer.

Hopper's oldest daughter, Marin, and her co-executor, writer Alex Hitz, celebrated on Friday at Swifty's on Lexington Avenue with investor Richard Turley.

Despite the messy legal situation with Hopper's wife, Victoria Duffy, who filed a $45 million claim against his estate, Marin confirmed that Hopper's youngest child, seven-year-old Galen, will receive 40% of the estate to be held in trust.