This is a Monday Sept. 8, 2008 file image of British artist Damien Hirst as he poses with his work `The Incredible Journey` at an auction house in London.
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This is a Monday Sept. 8, 2008 file image of British artist Damien Hirst as he poses with his work `The Incredible Journey` at an auction house in 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 94 million pounds (US$168 million) on Monday Sept. 15, 2008, a record for an auction of works by a single artist. And it`s not over yet. Sotheby`s auction house said that two-thirds of the way through the two-day sale, with 87 of the 223 lots still to go, the sales total was 94.8 million pounds (US$169 million), as collectors bid in person or by phone for a piece of Brit-art history.(AP)