Yes, it sells boldface names like Gary Hume, Jenny Holzer and Chris Ofili, whose pieces garner figures well out of more modest budgets.

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Early works by leading artists, including David Hockney, Chris Ofili and Tracey Emin, have also been found in the collection of the Royal College of Art.

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Damien Hirst's sheep in formaldehyde won in 1995, Chris Ofili's cow-dung paintings took the prize in 1998 and Tracey Emin's unmade bed made last year's shortlist.

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Called "Sensation, " the show caused a stir when it moved to the Brooklyn Museum and then-New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani threatened to pull funding because of a piece by Chris Ofili, a British artist of Nigerian descent, that showed a black Virgin Mary on a canvas adorned with elephant dung.

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