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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $18,490–$24,653
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Discoveries, London · 25 January 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5092271
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Damien Hirst, The Empresses (H10). Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2023, lot 68. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5092271.
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Damien Hirst, The Empresses (H10). Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2023, lot 68. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5092271.
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From the same sale Contemporary Discoveries · Jan 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Ladies: Ladybird | Jean-pierre Khazem | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Untitled (#4) | Josh Smith | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| 217. Just hide your hands, from The Currency | Damien Hirst | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Sorry, I dropped some flowers | — | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Comfortable | — | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| The path seems difficult but I had a good breakfast before leaving | Thierry Noir | £3,000–£5,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Hirst | Mercy, from The Virtues (H9-3) | $24,947 | SBI Art Auction, Oct 2022 | |
| Damien Hirst | Loyalty, from The Virtues (H9-7) | Phillips, Jan 2026 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Valium | Bonhams, Sep 2021 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Politeness, from The Virtues (H9-4) | Phillips, Jan 2025 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Make Believe 1987 | Bonhams, Dec 2023 | ||
| Damien Hirst | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Dec 2021 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Tryptophan, from 12 Woodcut Spots | Phillips, Sep 2022 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Exaudi, Domine, from Psalm Prints | Phillips, Oct 2019 |
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.