Comments on: Damien Hirst's $99 Million Diamond and Platinum Skull. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:31:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: martin http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/comment-page-1/#comment-124796 martin Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:41:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/#comment-124796 Please check out my equally ironic response to damien's latest piece at http://picserver.nl/v/R80XXM575ANU thanks ;) Please check out my equally ironic response to damien's latest piece at
http://picserver.nl/v/R80XXM575ANU
thanks ;)

]]> By: Nora http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/comment-page-1/#comment-118261 Nora Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:54:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/#comment-118261 Honestly, I find it tacky. This thing goes great next to a rhinestone studded toaster. Not so long ago, sequins and rhinestones were something only Grandma would wear to bingo night. You can coat a coprolite with diamonds, but in the end, its still crap. Honestly, I find it tacky. This thing goes great next to a rhinestone studded toaster.
Not so long ago, sequins and rhinestones were something only Grandma would wear to bingo night.
You can coat a coprolite with diamonds, but in the end, its still crap.

]]> By: Solo http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/comment-page-1/#comment-118052 Solo Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:49:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/#comment-118052 Before a modern process of separating aluminum from its ore, aluminum was a semiprecious metal. Not anymore. Even though diamonds are made of carbon (not exactly rare) the fact that it is 1) shiny 2) has a very monopolistacally tightly controled market, keeps the prices artificially high. Have no fear, the diamond growers (chemically growing perfect diamonds from, gasp, common carbon) will eventually win and make diamonds as mundane as cubic zirconium (which I dare anyone to distinguish from diamond with the naked eye without going through some formal training) I am patiently waiting for the day where the $99M buyer of this will go... wait a minute... shiny pebbles, plastic skull... I've been ripped! Before a modern process of separating aluminum from its ore, aluminum was a semiprecious metal. Not anymore.

Even though diamonds are made of carbon (not exactly rare) the fact that it is 1) shiny 2) has a very monopolistacally tightly controled market, keeps the prices artificially high.

Have no fear, the diamond growers (chemically growing perfect diamonds from, gasp, common carbon) will eventually win and make diamonds as mundane as cubic zirconium (which I dare anyone to distinguish from diamond with the naked eye without going through some formal training)

I am patiently waiting for the day where the $99M buyer of this will go... wait a minute... shiny pebbles, plastic skull... I've been ripped!

]]> By: Carl Huber http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/comment-page-1/#comment-118051 Carl Huber Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:48:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/#comment-118051 Ahh Damien Hirst. The best non-artist ever. As far as I'm concerned, the act of assembling the pieces must at least "essentially" (philsophical definition) involve the artist. Therefore Damien Hirst is a fraud, hack, and imposter. That being said, I also don't like any of his work. That being said, I wouldn't mind switching bankrolls with him. Ahh Damien Hirst. The best non-artist ever. As far as I'm concerned, the act of assembling the pieces must at least "essentially" (philsophical definition) involve the artist. Therefore Damien Hirst is a fraud, hack, and imposter. That being said, I also don't like any of his work. That being said, I wouldn't mind switching bankrolls with him.

]]> By: billy http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/comment-page-1/#comment-118050 billy Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:38:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/#comment-118050 thank you chad. so right. after all that and buddy boy art diva couldn't even get himself a real skull ? what a wuss. thank you chad. so right.
after all that and buddy boy art diva couldn't even get himself a real skull ? what a wuss.

]]> By: Chad http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/comment-page-1/#comment-117949 Chad Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:09:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/01/damien-hirsts-99-million-diamond-and-platinum-skull/#comment-117949 for 100 mil I DEMAND a real human skull! (and I wanna pick whose it is hehehe) for 100 mil I DEMAND a real human skull! (and I wanna pick whose it is hehehe)

]]>