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Sep 18 2008 5:14pm EDT

Hirst: Only the Russians Didn't Get the Memo

Liz Gunnison reports that 80% of the buyers at this week's Hirst auction were Russian. If that's true, then I'm more convinced than ever that the sale marks a top for the Hirst market.

Maybe the point of exhibiting selected pieces in Delhi and the Hamptons was just to make the Russians think there was a market for his work elsewhere.

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