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Article: Damien Hirst: Work set to sell for [pounds sterling]65m at auction.
- Article from:
- Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England)
- Article date:
- July 31, 2008
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A sale of new works by Damien Hirst is expected to fetch a record [pounds sterling]65m at auction.
Highlights include a zebra in formaldehyde and a new shark work.
The controversial artist, who was raised in the city and educated at Leeds College of Art, is also selling The Golden Calf, a calf with a golden disc on its head and hooves and horns cast in 18-carat solid gold, which is expected to fetch [pounds sterling]12m alone.
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Article: The Hirst sale.(LONDON)(Damien Hirst )
Art Monthly;
November 1, 2008 ;
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......into global recession, the Damien Hirst sale at Sotheby's in mid-Septemb...titled, realised 111.4m [pounds sterling] including the buyer's premium...pre-sale estimate of 68/98m [pounds sterling] without the premium. Hirst...have netted around 80m [pounds sterling] after ...
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