What major art event a Sotheby’s was a big surprise?
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 - 9:51 am - Painting
1) With the Bull market crashing, what major art event at Sotheby’s came a big surprise to everyone?
2) What was the top seller there?
3) What record was broken at this event?
E-mail_marketing – wiki
Sotheby’s offered more than 200 new works by the artist Damien Hirst. The artist took his work straight to auction, cutting out gallery dealers. The Golden Calf with horns and hooves of 18 carat gold, sold for 18.5 million. Hirst raised $198 million, the total for the two-day sale was a record for an auction of works by a single artist.
Damien Hirst is always a big surprise to me. Can’t say I’m a fan of his work… at all.
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