Lot 55 · Contemporary Art Evening Auction
sometimes life is really, really, really dark
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- Estimate
- £300,000–£500,000 hammer ≈ $416,152–$693,586
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 7 March 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4639581
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Damien Hirst, sometimes life is really, really, really dark. Sotheby's, 7 Mar 2018, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4639581.
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Damien Hirst, sometimes life is really, really, really dark. Sotheby's, 7 Mar 2018, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4639581.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Mar 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| concetto spaziale, attese | Lucio Fontana | £800,000–£1,200,000 | |
| untitled film still #57 | Cindy Sherman | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| incontri e scontri (meetings and collisions) | Alighiero Boetti | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| untitled (july 23, 1988) | Alighiero Boetti | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| study to homage to the square: evident | Josef Albers | £450,000–£650,000 | |
| bacchus at the seaside | Banksy | £250,000–£350,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Hirst | Love Affair | $428,223 | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | |
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| Damien Hirst | Can't Buy Me Love | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Malic Dehydrogenase from Bovine Heart | Christie's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Furfuryl Mercaptan | Phillips, Jun 2022 | ||
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