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- Estimate
- £200,000–£300,000 hammer ≈ $259,678–$389,517
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Day Auction, London · 12 February 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4809956
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Damien Hirst, virtue. Sotheby's, 12 Feb 2020, lot 126. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4809956.
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Damien Hirst, virtue. Sotheby's, 12 Feb 2020, lot 126. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4809956.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Day Auction · Feb 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| wrapped reichstag | Christo | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| becoming | Matteo Pugliese | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| the world is the speed of fire, cry tears but they still turn to silver | Terence Koh | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| big grid/solo tear | Sterling Ruby | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| untitled | Joe Bradley | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| untitled | Josh Smith | £5,000–£7,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Hirst | A Summers Day | $649,383 | Christie's, Mar 2025 | |
| Damien Hirst | Grecian Nude | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Denatonium Benzoate | Christie's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Eshara | Phillips, Jun 2023 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Without You | Phillips, Mar 2022 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Zinc Sulfide | Phillips, Mar 2022 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Covenant | Phillips, Nov 2023 | ||
| Damien Hirst | epiphany | Sotheby's, Sep 2018 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.