At that time Emin refused to sell work directly to Charles Saatchi because she disapproved of his advertising work for Margaret Thatcher, whom she accused of "crimes against humanity". Instead Saatchi bought it on the secondary market from a private dealer, Eric Franck, at a premium price of £40,000. Emin had originally sold it for £12,000. She reconciled with Saatchi in 1999. Art world gossip in 2001 was that Saatchi had been offered £300,000 for it; Emin's comment on this was, "He won't resell, but the art is his. He can do what he likes with it."