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Price: $800,000+
Hirst previously got into a fight with this kid over using images of another one of his pieces (which promptly backfired when some other artists decided to back the kid and started using those images all over the place). I still haven't figured out if Hirst is insane, brilliant, or both.
How much is a box of pencils worth? Fifty pence? £3.99 if the pencils have rubbers on the ends? Well, if they're part of a Damien Hirst art installation, the value is £500,000. That is what 17-year-old graffiti artist Cartrain discovered when he pilfered some pencils from Hirst's sculpture Pharmacy. And that wasn't all – he was arrested, released on bail, and is waiting to find out if he will be formally charged with causing damage to an iconic artwork worth £10m.
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He then created a "wanted"-style poster that read: "For the safe return of Damien Hirst's pencils I would like my artworks back that DACS and Hirst took off me in November. It's not a large demand... Hirst has until the end of this month to resolve this or on 31 July the pencils will be sharpened. He has been warned."
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He then created a "wanted"-style poster that read: "For the safe return of Damien Hirst's pencils I would like my artworks back that DACS and Hirst took off me in November. It's not a large demand... Hirst has until the end of this month to resolve this or on 31 July the pencils will be sharpened. He has been warned."
Hirst previously got into a fight with this kid over using images of another one of his pieces (which promptly backfired when some other artists decided to back the kid and started using those images all over the place). I still haven't figured out if Hirst is insane, brilliant, or both.
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