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Betting Big On Hirst.(International Edition; THE AUCTION HOUSE)(Damien Hirst)(Brief article)
Byline: Sophie Grove
As the bidding started at Damien Hirst's historic auction in London on Sept. 15 (Sotheby's first ever of a single living artist), the specter of failing financial markets hardly discouraged collectors: Hirst's formaldehyde-preserved animals and diamond-encrusted butterflies netted a staggering $200.7 million, breaking the house's record for a single-artist auction (set in 1993 when a Picasso sale raised $32 million), and making Hirst seem like a better bet than the FTSE.
The event broke with artistic convention, as Hirst and his manager bypassed their usual dealers, the Gagosian Gallery and New York and the White Cube in London (a gallery's cut for a major artist can run up to 50 percent). The gamble paid off, which is likely to have massive implications for the way art is bought and sold. While ...
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- Magazine article from: Art in America Heartney, Eleanor March 1, 2007 700+ words
...of drawings from 1981 to 2006 by Damien Hirst. The show consisted of over 200...a kind of mini-retrospective of Hirst's career. They range from working drawings for well-known pieces like Hirst's floating shark and pharmaceutical...
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