Emin-designed Fiat 500 sells for £200K
The FIat 500 designed by Tracey Emin
Author: MotorTorque Team
Published: 10 June 2008
A Fiat 500 designed by Tracey Emin has sold for £200,000 at a star-studded fund-raising charity auction in London.
Donors from the ARK (Absolute Return for Kids) charity raised £25 million for children at a gala reception in the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on Thursday 5 June with an auction which included the iconic Fiat.
The 500 was one of four specially designed and painted examples of the supermini designed and painted by English enfant terrible artist Tracey Emin.
The work, entitled ‘Dark, Dark, Dark’, was among lots which included diamonds, a safari holiday, a speaking role in actress Uma Thurman’s next film, Eloise in Paris, use of a luxury yacht, fashion pieces and other works of art.
"We were very pleased with how the car was received," says Charlotte Locks-Moro, the charity’s event executive.
"The £200,000 it raised is not only an amazing amount of money for a car, but it was also a significant sum towards the total we raised for charity. We are absolutely delighted."
More than 1,200 guests attended the auction, including former Prime Minister Tony Blair, the actress Uma Thurman and model superstar Liz Hurley.
ARK is a charity organisation made up of financial institutions, including City hedge funds, and personal donors. It raises millions of pounds every year for good causes in areas such as tackling HIV in Africa, children in care in Eastern Europe, and inner-city education in the UK.
The first of the Tracey Emin-designed cars, called ‘I Told You Not To’ went under the hammer for £42,000 last October during the Contemporary Art Auction in London.
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