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Christie's Paragon Press Auction Brings in £1.1 Million

By ARTINFO

Published: April 4, 2008
LONDON—An artist's proof of a Grayson Perry etching, Map of an Englishman, which playfully maps out a mind and includes places named "Self-Relief" and "Baked Beans," sold for about 13 times its original value last night, Bloomberg reports. The print, estimated at £25,000 to £35,000, went for £41,300 ($82,400) as part of a Christie's sale of prints from the Paragon Press. Charles Booth-Clibborn, founder of the press, said that examples of the map originally went for £3,000 at the Frieze Art Fair in 2004.

The auction brought in a total of £1.1 million for the press, which will use the proceeds for renovation and refurbishment. A set of Damien Hirst colored etchings titled In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume II (2002) was the highest seller, going for £72,500.
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