Lot 27 · Damien Hirst - Beautiful Inside My Head Forever (Evening Sale)
The Rose Window, Durham Cathedral
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- Estimate
- £700,000–£900,000 hammer ≈ $1,247,648–$1,604,119
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Damien Hirst - Beautiful Inside My Head Forever (Evening Sale), London · 15 September 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3783191
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Damien Hirst, The Rose Window, Durham Cathedral. Sotheby's, 15 Sep 2008, lot 27. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3783191.
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Damien Hirst, The Rose Window, Durham Cathedral. Sotheby's, 15 Sep 2008, lot 27. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3783191.
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|---|---|---|---|
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