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Title: Damien Hirst skull sells for 100 million dollars Post by: Allhallowsday on September 03, 2007, 12:19:39 AM Damien Hirst skull sells for 100 million dollars :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_uk_afp/lifestylebritainart_070830203229 "LONDON (AFP) - A diamond-encrusted skull by British artist Damien Hirst sold on Thursday for 100 million dollars (75 million euros), a record price for work sold by a living artist, a London gallery announced. The work, entitled "For the Love of God," is a skull cast in platinum and encrusted with 8,601 diamonds..." "...Hirst also holds the record for the most expensive work of art by a living artist at auction -- his "Lullaby Spring," a three-metre (10-foot) wide steel cabinet containing 6,136 hand-crafted and individually-painted pills, sold for 19.2 million dollars in June." I'd paint 6,000 pills for 19 million dollars !! :buggedout: |