In Awe!

I know I have already commented on Damien Hirst 1.5 times in this blog already, but today was a historic day and I am still left somewhat speechless by it. Today, the first of two days, began a landmark auction of some 223 works of art by Damien Hirst at Sotheby's estimated at 62 million pounds. ALREADY, in only one day, the auction has made over 70.5 million pounds. 

The Economists  made two major observations about this auction.

1.) Sotheby's has never auctioned off art that han't previously been sold, nor has it sold artwork that is less than 5 years old before.

2.) All major economic indicators would say that the art market is suffering, and that holding such an ambitious and risky auction would go against any logical thinking.

And yet...AMAZING!

Click HERE to see the article/video at BBC.com. I could swear they man in charge of calling and moderating the auction is grinning with disbelief as he calls out all the high bids.