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Hirst Helps Purchase Own Work

Published: August 31, 2007
LONDON—Damien Hirst is part of the investment group that is buying his diamond-studded skull, For the Love of God, for $100 million, Bloomberg reports. The group plans to resell the work later, according to White Cube Gallery. "Hirst is keeping a stake in the skull,'' gallery spokeswoman Sara Macdonald said. ``It is the intention of the investment group to resell the sculpture at some stage in the future, but I cannot provide a time scale for this or estimate the value that the work will be sold for.''

Skulls will also be making an appearance as part of a new collection for Levi Strauss & Co., according to Bloomberg. Hirst co-designed the company's spring 2008 ``Warhol Factory X Levi's X Damien Hirst" collection. It includes jeans decorated with a skull pattern made of Swarovski crystals—priced at $4,000 a pair. 

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