Damien Hirst Beautiful Inside My Head Forever: 3 Volume Set 2008 Sotheby's London
$225
HIRST, Damien
Vol 1
56 lots
[228] pp.
Vol 2
Lots 101-180
[168] pp.
Vol 3
Lots 201-287
[192] pp.
Sotheby's London
2008
12 1/2" x 9"
Beautiful Inside My Head Forever was a two-day auction of new work at Sotheby's, London, taking place on 15 and 16 September 2008. It was unusual as Damien Hirst bypassed galleries and sold directly to the public. The sale raised £111 million ($198 million) for 218 items. The auction exceeded expectations, setting a record for a single-artist auction, occurring as the financial markets plunged.
The Sunday Times said that Hirst's business colleagues had "propped up" the sale prices, making purchases or bids which totaled over half of the £70.5 million spent on the first sale day: Harry Blain of the Haunch of Venison gallery said that bids were entered on behalf of clients wishing to acquire the work.