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February 20, 2008

Dr. Death Sells Body Parts as Art
(Timesonline.com, February 05, 2008)

Damien Hirst may have amped the art market for anatomical specimens, but are you ready to display a human pancreas in your home? Following the international success (well, excepting Poland) of his Body Worlds show of preserved corpses, Gunther von Hagens is bringing his plastinated body parts to a collector near you. Dubbed "Dr. Death" for his macabre wares, von Hagens plans on selling 150,000 body parts to individuals as well as universities and clinics. Corpses — or pieces of corpses — don't come cheap: 16 "robust quality" slices of a human head will run about $4,000, while a single slice of stomach will fetch $500.

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