Jeremy Deller (38) has been awarded the Turner Prize 2004. The British artist created a sensation with his video entitled “Memory Bucket: A Film About Texas”.
So far, the young artist's works have yet to appear at auction but it is just a matter of time before they do. Winners of the Turner Prize always see their prices rise very rapidly. For example, Damien Hirst, winner of the Turner Prize in 1995, broke his top price record in October this year at Sotheby's high-profile auction of the contents of the “Pharmacy” restaurant in London: GBP 1.1 million. Prior to obtaining the Turner Prize in 1995, only two of the artist's works had been put up for auction. The result: one was bought in and the other went for GBP 1,800.
Top prices for the Turner Prize winners of the last decade
- 2004 Jeremy DELLER : no auction record
- 2003 Grayson PERRY : GBP 30,000
1 lot auctioned before the Turner Prize 2003
- 2002 Keith TYSON : GBP 13,000
3 lots auctioned before the Turner Prize 2002
- 2001 Martin CREED : GBP 10,000
0 lot auctioned before the Turner Prize 2001
- 2000 Wolfgang TILLMANS : USD 42,000
28 lots auctioned before the Turner Prize 2000
- 1999 Steve MCQUEEN : EUR 3,200
0 lot auctioned before the Turner Prize 1999
- 1998 Chris OFILI : USD 211,500
2 lots auctioned before the Turner Prize 1998
- 1997 Gillian WEARING : USD 14,000
0 lot auctioned before the Turner Prize 1997
- 1996 Douglas GORDON : USD 55,000
0 lot auctioned before the Turner Prize 1996
- 1995 Damien HIRST : GBP 1,100,000
2 lots auctioned before the Turner Prize 1995
- 1994 Antony GORMLEY : GBP 80,000
5 lots auctioned before the Turner Prize 1994
