Damien Hirst Napkin Doodle Sells for $37,000
I guess it should be no surprise that the most expensive living artist has very valuable doodles. This was proven recently when Damien Hirst did a little ink sketch on a linen napkin from The Ivy restaurant. It's a depiction of his diamond-encrusted skull, plus a couple of steaming coffee cups in the eye sockets and, of course, the all-important Hirst signature. He donated the sketch to MacMillan Cancer Relief's "coffee art" auction, where it sold to a private collector for £18,000.
So do you think it was really just a doodle? Or a creative way to come up with something for the auction?
Via Lussorian
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Alex Nov 15th 2007 10:38AM
wow... i can totally see how this went down... damien, sitting at a $50/drink lounge suddenly realized that buying 5 rounds for everyone left him a tad short on cash... "no worries" he though and quickly doodled a piece of shit on a napkin, raised it in the air proclaiming "one of a kind damien hirst, signed, starts at $15k".
bob in NH Nov 18th 2007 1:46PM
who the hell is damien hirst? No! I am not a sophisticate, not even a chance. I gotta couple of Simeon Jack's doodles though.
CREATIVEGoddess Nov 26th 2007 1:53PM
Man! I hope my doodles bring in that kind of cash -and soon!