(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In my Art Theory class today, my teacher showed us a pretty awesome piece of art. Check this out:

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"For the Love of God" - Damien Hirst

What makes this object so indispensable and very desirable is the way it was fabricated.

<li> Platinum cast of a human skull with diamonds and real human teeth.
<li> Has 8,601 diamonds, which meet at 1,106.18 carats.
<li> Most expensive art ever created.
<li> Cost $16-$20 million to make.
<li> Costing around $100 million to buy.

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dude this is not ur teachers... this is 50 cents he used it in an album cover.....

Bullet:

Thats like saying the Mona Lisa is only worth 29.50 because that is the cost of the paint and canvas.

Art value is determined by how much someone is willing to pay for an artists work and their other work"s values, not the cost of the materials to create it

Question is who set a value of $100 million and will it ever sell for that much??

Very Impressive. But pointless I guess

not as valuable as the genuine crystal skulls :p

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Its a real humen skull

Whaaaaaaat ... 100mil lol not many will sell at that price but thats some nice piece of gear there

I know it's not my teachers xD I said she showed us, not in life form or something :p

It yet to be sold
For people wondering

No shock with the price lol , couple people put it at £6-8.5 million

if i had trillions it would be an ease but i am not even close to tht much