This work by Damien Hirst, titled “For the Love of God,” is made of diamonds, human teeth and the platinum-plated skull of a 35-year-old European male from the 1700s rumored to be a monk or minor saint (hence the name).
The diamond-encrusted skull sold for 50 million pounds ($101 million) on Wednesday. In fairness to Hirst, the skull did cost him $20 million to produce.
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I’ve seen sillier things in people’s china cabinets.
What do you do with a $101M skull? The insurance alone would cost a fortune. Maybe he’s gonna charge admission to see it.
Damn, I was outbid.
Nappy, you should’ve used auction sniper.
Talk about about a Don’t-Drop-This imbalance ratio
I had my max bid at $100,000,000.00. I got beat by a paltry $1M. This would have looked so good in the back window of my Cadillac.
Next week:
A descendant sues to get the head back 🙂
#2 What do you do with a $101M skull?
Hang it from a chain around your neck. Now thats bling!
The thing does seem to be smiling.
Great hood ornament!
Well, at least it is aptly named.
The inside was done to resemble the actual inside of Bushes skull. Same density, same texture, same contents, … But it sparkles on the outside.
How ’bout some grillz for those teeth?
Rich People Thoughts:
“So, I had a hundred million dollars laying around and I couldn’t think of one, single useful thing to do with it —– and then I saw this skull!”
WTF?