Mr Hirst, already rich and famous, became richer and more famous.
Damien Hirst was born in Bristol, 1965 and grew up in Leeds, in the North of England.
Mr Hirst credits the man he calls his manager, Frank Dunphy, a sprightly 70-year-old accountant, for dreaming up this sale.
Today, the artist who bred his own moths in order to depict them accurately in his fairy paintings hangs in the same gallery as those other attention-seekers, Mr Hirst and Tracey Emin.
His hero, Conrad Hirst, seeks redemption.
Terrified, he hands them a priceless Damien Hirst-style diamond-encrusted skull.
Alberto Mugrabi, a dealer and devoted supporter of most things Hirst, observed the "Beautiful" sale carefully, but bought little.
The success of the charity auction also proved that no contemporary artist had more pulling power than Mr Hirst, whose own work sold for nearly $20m that night.
Hirst rolled a short pass to Merson.
Hirst is internationally recognized as the most influential artist in the UK.
Mr Hirst said his search for so many high-quality diamonds insucha short space of time affected the market.『 The price went upas webought them,』 he said.
A dead infant's skull cast in platinum and studded with more than 8, 000 pink and white diamonds will go on display later this month as part of an exhibition of new paintings and sculptures by Hirst.
When asked about the Qataris, Mr Hirst replies, “I’m sure they did buy things. But it’s all hearsay.
At the Hong Kong art fair in May a special Hirst stand by his British dealer, White Cube Gallery, was swarming with young people having their photo taken in front of the works.
These are the famed spot paintings that Mr Hirst says were inspired by playing snooker.
Even Sotheby's, which has had a Hirst in every major contemporary sale in London since “Pharmacy” in 2004, offered none of his art in this year's evening sale in June.
If they don't own Warhol, they collect his progeny (ie, Messrs Koons and Hirst), so works such as "99 Cents" can be an important bridge in the collection.
Despite his thousands of creations Mr McHugh, of Birkenhead, Merseyside, refuses to think of himself as the next Damien Hirst.
Having given his final approval-sometimes, one fabricator says, only by looking at a photograph-mr Hirst signs and dates the back of the work.
Hirst has always had an interest in the relation between science and art.
All these activities have made Mr Hirst a wealthy man.
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