🔥 Beckham’s Basquiat + Damien Hirst

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Thanks for all the great feedback on the Annie Morris piece I shared last Friday!

🔥 ICYMI – Catchs from the Last Week:

1. Anthony Cudahy, Glimmering on the land, 2021 - priced at £35,000

2. Javier Calleja, Drop By Drop, 2021 - priced at £150,000

3. Madeleine Bialke, Hook & Eye, 2023 – priced at £19,000

Today we have a Damien Hirst that’s selling like clockwork—discounted but not dead. Plus, Beckham turns her store into a Sotheby’s showroom & tech bros invade Christie’s.

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-Today’s Catch-

Damien Hirst

💭 My 2 Cents: Hirst’s Inviting Veil isn’t going to shatter auction records, but at £38K, it’s a calculated way to buy into the madness without burning your wallet. The Paper Veils series is pure Hirst: dots, color chaos, and just enough “art-world-approved” prestige to make collectors bite. Yeah, his market’s taken a -10.7% CAGR hit, but 85.5% sell-through says he’s still got people lining up. The man knows how to keep the machine running.

🔑 Key Numbers: £38K for a 59.5 cm x 42 cm Hirst? In his world, that’s lunch money. The median price for his sales sits at a humble $15K, but with a 1.65 hammer ratio, plenty of works punch above estimate. The Paper Veils are still a fresh series, meaning you’re not competing against years of resale baggage—yet.

🧠 Why It’s a Smart Pick: This is blue-chip art at a discount. No, it’s not the formaldehyde shark, but it’s a foot in the door before this series climbs. If Hirst keeps playing the long game (and let’s be real, he will), this is the kind of piece that ages well in the right market cycle. Grab it before someone wakes up and adjusts the price.

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Beckham’s Basquiat Hustle

Rubens is getting a scrub-down in public, because nothing says “respect the old masters” like six people crawling over a 400-year-old painting with Q-tips while tourists side-eye the process. Meanwhile, Zona Maco collectors are rinsing their wallets on mid-tier names—Schnabel, Wiley, Nava, Manning—all moving fast, but let’s be real: most of these sales are dealers swapping inventory. Actual demand? Questionable.

Then there’s Blanche Hoschedé-Monet, who’s finally getting her first U.S. show after a lifetime of being Monet’s sidekick. Prices aren’t crazy yet, but if the market smells a redemption arc, expect a spike. If you’re hunting underpriced historical plays, she’s one to watch.

Christie’s, never shy about cashing in on hype, is throwing its first all-A.I. auction. Expect tech bros and NFT refugees to pump Refik Anadol, Herndon, and Van Arman, because what else do you do with your leftover crypto? Some of these A.I. artists actually matter—just don’t be the sucker holding when the hype shifts.

And speaking of hype-driven plays, Victoria Beckham is now an art dealer (lol). She’s turned her store into a Basquiat + Condo showroom for Sotheby’s, which means dumb money to flood in. If you’re a seller, congratulations, you just hit the jackpot. If you’re buying, good luck competing with fashion influencers who think Nara is “cute.”

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