Despite the economy being in the shitter folks are still making it rain, and one of those folks is British artist Damien Hirst. Pictured above is a life-sized, platinum skull encrusted with 8,601 diamonds totaling 1,106.18 carats, the piece is intended to be a celebration of life according to Hirst. The asking original price was $99 million, and was part of the collection auctioned over 2 days at Sotheby's in London. The two day haul brought in over $200 million catapulting Mr. Hirst to a prestige level of, dare I say, Pablo Picasso and Gustav Klimt.
More photos of some of his work after the jump.
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