The art collection of Frank Dunphy , the mentor and business - manager of Damien Hirst , has been sold for £ 10.1 m ( $ 13.1 m ) by Sotheby 's in London . Pre - sale estimates had been between £ 5.2 and £ 7.3 m . Around 92 % of the 200 pieces sold of the Yellow Ball collection , the joint company of Frank and Lorna Dunphy . Highlights included the painting of Concetto Spaziale , Attese ( 1961 ) by Lucio Fontana for £ 1.2 m , Andy Warhol 's Dollar Collection ( 1964 ) for £ 730,000 , and Damien Hirst 's gift to the Dunphys on their retirement , N - Chloroacetyl - L - h Crystalline ( 1997 ) , which sold for £ ##500 . he advised artists like Tracey Emin and Angus Fairhurst , alongside Hirst .
The art collection of Frank Dunphy, the mentor and business-manager of Damien Hirst, has been sold for £10.1m ($13.1m) by Sotheby's in London. Pre-sale estimates had been between £5.2 and £7.3m. Around 92% of the 200 pieces sold of the Yellow Ball collection, the joint company of Frank and Lorna Dunphy. Highlights included the sale of Concetto Spaziale, Attese (1961) by Lucio Fontana for £1.2m, Andy Warhol's Dollar Sign (1982) for £730,000, and Damien Hirst's gift to the Dunphys on their retirement, N-Chloroacetyl-L-Phenylalanine Crystalline (1997), which sold for £358,000. Dunphy advised artists like Tracey Emin and Angus Fairhurst, alongside Hirst.