Frank Dunphy, Damien Hirst's Former Manager, Auctions Off His Art Collection

Frank Dunphy, the former manager of Damien Hirst, is selling a major portion of his private art collection through Sotheby's. The auction, titled "Yellow Ball," features 200 works including pieces by Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, Richard Prince, Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread, Lucio Fontana, and Angus Fairhurst. Dunphy and his wife stated that after thirty years focused on art and beauty, it is time to downsize their collection but not the memories. Key lots will be on view at Sotheby's London until June 26, with the full collection displayed from September 15 ahead of the sale on September 20, which is expected to reach £8.4 million. Dunphy's partnership with Hirst began in the 1990s at the Groucho Club in New York, where Hirst's mother introduced them. Dunphy helped manage Hirst's finances and famously orchestrated Hirst's 2008 Sotheby's auction "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever," which earned £111.5 million amid the Lehman Brothers collapse, with a record £10.3 million for "The Golden Calf." The duo parted ways in 2010.