London - Damien Hirst's gamble has paid off.


A sale of pickled sharks, butterfly paintings and other pieces by the provocative British artist has raised more than US$125 million — a record for an auction of works by a single artist. And there is more to come Tuesday.
In the first session at the packed Sotheby's auction house on Monday, "The Kingdom," a tiger shark preserved in formaldehyde, sold for $17 million. "The Golden Calf" — an embalmed calf with golden hooves and horns — fetched $18.5 million.
"Fragments of Paradise," a confection of stainless steel, glass and manufactured diamonds, sold for almost $9.4 million, five times its pre-sale estimate.
Two of Hirst's butterfly paintings were sold for charity, for a total of more than $2.9 million.
Sotheby's said Monday's total of $127 million smashed the $20 million record for a single artist set in 1993 for 88 works by Pablo Picasso.

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