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    What is the highest price ever paid for a piece of art by a living artist in the UK?

    Question #87225. Asked by deadlydalton. (Oct 12 07 9:07 PM)


    Wyldashe

    		Vincent Van Gogh's portrait of Dr. Gachet sold for $82,500,000.

    Oct 12 07, 10:21 PM
    zbeckabee

    		Except -- by, 1990 when Saito made the purchase, I think Van Gogh had been dead awhile???


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryoei_Saito

    Oct 13 07, 9:00 AM
    lanfranco

    		I think that would Damien Hirst's "Lullaby Spring," which sold for 9.65 million pounds in June:



    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6229276.stm

    Oct 13 07, 10:44 AM
    billythebrit

    		Hirst recently outdid himself by securing a £50 million sale for his For The Love of God diamond encrusted skull, the highest sum ever for a work by a living artist.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Hirst

    Oct 14 07, 11:33 AM

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