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Charging Bull
Charging Bull, which is sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull, is a bronze sculpture that stands in Bowling Green in the Financial District in Manhattan, New York City. 
The sculpture was created by Sicilian artist Arturo Di Modica. On December 14, 1989 Di Modica arrived on Wall Street with "Charging Bull" on the back of a truck and illegally dropped the sculpture outside of the New York Stock Exchange. The sculpture was conceived in the wake of the 1987 Black
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Di Modica created a number of variations of the "Charging Bull" which have been sold to private collectors. Most notably Joe Lewis, who was one time majority owner of Christies, purchased the rest of the original edition. In October 2018 a 6ft highly polished bronze version of "Charging Bull" went to sale at auction at Phillips and sold for $405,000. The following year in March a stainless steel version went on sale at Sotheby's where it sold for $275,000 despite being in