Damien Hirst, Britain's wealthiest artist, said his $100 million diamond skull is ``almost sold.''
``Someone is very interested,'' Hirst said in an interview last night as he stood outside London's White Cube gallery in Mason's Yard, where a line of 200 people holding tickets to see the skull in a preview snaked around the building. ``Maybe by Monday it will be sold.''
The skull represents about a fifth of the value of Hirst's show at Jay Jopling's White Cube galleries, according to the artist's business manager, Frank Dunphy. Already sold are a sliced shark in a tank, a pickled lamb, and other sculptures with fish.
``Someone is very interested,'' Hirst said in an interview last night as he stood outside London's White Cube gallery in Mason's Yard, where a line of 200 people holding tickets to see the skull in a preview snaked around the building. ``Maybe by Monday it will be sold.''
The skull represents about a fifth of the value of Hirst's show at Jay Jopling's White Cube galleries, according to the artist's business manager, Frank Dunphy. Already sold are a sliced shark in a tank, a pickled lamb, and other sculptures with fish.


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