# Giant charity collecting box sculpture sells for £1.5 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/10/01/giant-charity-collecting-box-sculpture-sells-15m/
- Published: 2003-10-01T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Damien Hirst’s 22-foot high charity box bronze sculpture has been sold for £1.5 
million to a private collector.
The sculpture entitled ‘Charity’ depicts a 1950s
style charity collecting box in the form of a young girl in a leg caliper holding
a teddy and a collecting tin.

 

 

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Two other versions of the sculpture were on sale, including one that has been on
display in Hoxton Square in London.

 

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