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Article: Damien Hirst in vicious feud with teenage artist over a box of pencils

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September 4, 2009
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Millionaire gets young rival banned from galleries after taking exception to prank played on him

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.

When Cartrain walked into Tate Britain and made off with a few HBs in July, he believed it was a harmless game of tit-for-tat as part ...

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