Lots of ambitious work by young artists ends up in a dumpster after its warehouse debut. So an unknown artist's big glass vitrine holding a rotting cow's head covered by maggots and swarms of buzzing flies may be pretty unsellable. Until the artist becomes a star. Then he can sell anything he touches.
My Name is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic (ed. Phaidon Press, 2009) - ISBN: 9780714857473