King of Hype

NOT A HIRST

image from the art of quiting

My Neighbours atrocity

The Abyss

fetched just under £1.8million

The Golden Calf (18carat gold hooves/horns)

fetched £10.3million

Damien Hirst has made history with a 2day auction (ending yesterday) selling his work that has just raised a record £111million - the highest grossing sale dedicated to one artist. 

One bidder stated  "The hype around him breeds more hype. I think almost the fact that he can produce this work so fast, and on such a scale makes them valuable."  Surely this is saying people are only paying these crazy prices for these pieces because they feel they should because a) they have the money and b) they want to tell their friends they've got a Damien Hirst golden calf in a box in their living room. I personally don't really see the difference in quality between Abyss and one of the pictured ad's from the art of quitting website on the graphics blog! 

At the beginning of a week where a massive chunk of the U.S banking system folded you would think we have better things to spend our money on!