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Rights, But Use Your Common Sense
- Caveat Emptor II: A Case Of Misplaced
Reliance
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Raisonné
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- New Regulations To Affect Shipments Of Art On
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- Special Statute Of Limitations For Holocaust Claims
Struck Down In California
On September 15, 2008, the same day that Lehman Brothers
collapsed, Sotheby's commenced a two-day sale of new versions
of classic works by Damien Hirst. The sale netted more than $200
million in proceeds.
It may be that when Hirst conceived the sale, he intended not
only to sell art, but to have the sale itself act as a commentary
on the seemingly insatiable appetite of the market for trophy art
– the more expensive and high-profile, the better. It is
unlikely that he anticipated that the sale would mark the end of an
era in the way that it did.
