Damien Hirst

A Grim Doily

Found at Sothebys, London
Yellow Ball: The Frank and Lorna Dunphy Collection Online, Lot 262
21. Sep - 21. Sep 2018
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 2.750 GBP
Damien Hirst
B. 1965
A GRIM DOILY
signed, titled and variously inscribed
Executed in 2001. 
pencil on doily
15 by 15 cm. 5 7/8 by 5 7/8 in.
framed: 27.5 by 27.5 cm. 10 7/8 by 10 7/8 in.
A gift from the artist to the present owners

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work A Grim Doily by Damien Hirst was auctioned at Sothebys in London in September 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 800.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 2,750.00 (€ 3,088.60). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Damien Hirst achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Lullaby Spring in June 2007 with an auction result of GBP 9,652,000.00 (€ 14,323,082.54).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit A Grim Doily von Damien Hirst im September 2018 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 800,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 2.750,00 (€ 3.088,60) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Damien Hirst erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Lullaby Spring im Juni 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 9.652.000,00 (€ 14.323.082,54).

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