Damien Hirst auction begins with sale of pickled shark for $18 million
Sotheby's auction house has sold a pickled shark by British art provocateur Damien Hirst for 9.6 million pounds...
Art | London | United Kingdom
Updated On: 9/16/2008
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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.

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