Galaki on 16 September 2008
Damien Hirst auction begins with sale of pickled shark for $18 million
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON - Sotheby's auction house has sold a pickled shark by British art provocateur Damien Hirst for 9.6 million pounds or more than C$18 million.
Monday's sale kicked off a two-day auction of the artist's work that is expected to generate more than 65 million pounds. Sotheby's said it expects the sale to set a new record for an auction of works by just one artist.
Hirst is selling more than 200 new works at auction rather than through a gallery. He has said it is a more democratic way to sell art.
An embalmed calf with hooves and horns of 18-karat gold titled "The Golden Calf" sold for 10.3 million pounds.
The sale will continue Tuesday.
Still too cheap for my taste. I wouldn't eat anything pickled cost less than $20M.
