Giant charity collecting box sculpture sells for £1.5m

Howard Lake | 1 October 2003 | News

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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.

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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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.