[guessbest]

Dead sharks are worth a lot of money in the art world: http://www.amazon.com/The-Million-Stuffed-Shark-Contemporary...

[TheOtherHobbes]

Perhaps a dead unicorn would have been even more noteworthy.

The original shark fell apart and had to be replaced, which added an amusing patina of involuntary performance art to that famously iconic work.

It's not known if the piece now includes an ongoing shark-replacement maintenance contract.

[justinator]

Yeah, he made one of those, too[0]

[0] http://www.damienhirst.com/the-dream