Damien Hirst Day 1 Auction Results

Yesterday was Day 1 of 2 in the Sotheby's auction of over 200 Damien Hirst works (all produced 2008, as far as I can tell).  Here are the Day 1 results.  The righthand side shows the sale price in British pounds. For each item, if you click on the "Damien Hirst" link, it takes you to the pre-auction catalogue information with the low/high estimate range. If interested in comparing estimates and results, it is better to look now as the pre-auction online catalogues tend to become inaccessible to non-subscribers after the auction. Commentary to follow in bits and pieces after Day 2. Suffice it to say that the king of false irony (Hirst) has hit a high note with his auction 'gamble' (later I will comment on why this was no gamble, for him) taking place the day that Rome (Wall Street) started to burn.