ajp

please read this and see if you agree with me that after everything that is going on in the world there are still some things that can,t be explained




Hirst sale breaks artist record
A two-day auction of art by Damien Hirst has set a new record for a sale dedicated to one artist of £111m.

Sotheby's in London was crowded on for the final session of The Beautiful Inside My Head Forever sale, which has featured 223 lots.

But there were some surprises during bidding - a zebra in a tank of formaldehyde sold for just over £1.1m, half its lowest estimate.

It is the first time an artist has sold a substantial body of work this way.

Other works far exceeded the auction house's estimate, with a foal in formaldehyde in a steel and glass tank, entitled The Dream, selling for £2.3m on Tuesday morning.

Unknown Pleasures, a piece made from gold-plated steel, glass and manufactured diamonds that was expected to sell for between £400,000 and £600,000, eventually sold for just under £1.8m including buyer's premium.

A butterfly work of art entitled Reincarnated also fetched £1.6m, well in excess its £700,000 estimate.




Art expert Charles Dupplin congratulated Sotheby's and Hirst on the sale.

He said: "It's another landmark and an astounding day for the art market in a year that has seen many long-standing records demolished, despite the gloomy world economy."

On Monday, a work entitled The Golden Calf - a bull in a tank of formaldehyde, with its head crowned by a gold disc - sold for £9.2m, the highest price ever paid for a Hirst at auction.

The artist took a risk by offering the 223 pieces of new work directly through Sotheby's rather than a gallery, but Hirst said it was a more democratic way to sell art.

All but five of the lots sold and he will save millions by cutting out a hefty dealers' commission.

The previous record for a sale dedicated to a single artist was set in 1993 for works by Picasso, which went for a total of $20m (£11m at 2008 prices).

Sotheby's total of £111m includes the buyer's premium.



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BBC NEWS | Entertainment/Arts | Hirst sale breaks artist record

Published: 2008/09/16 17:

simba66

Yep, ive got 10 euros in my pocket to buy food. Answers your question i hope?

pablo1

10 euros?? That should be enough for three course and a drink,with change!!

irishmusico

I suppose if you have the money,there is nothing going to stop an art sale,no matter how much they go for.

ajp

There is one piece of "art" i would pay for and that is damien hirst drowned in a tank of formaldehyde

pablo1

Might be out of your price range that one.

irishmusico

Ah but where would he put the bull then

ajp

in the tank with the rest of the ****

bluebird

let's start a 'kitty'. I'm sure that there would be plenty of people who would also like to donate a few euros.....then prehaps we could commission it.

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"I´d buy that for a dollar!, snarf, snarf!!!"

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