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Artist Damien Hirst selling world's most expensive spare tire cover?

<p>Filed under: Etc., Design/Style</p><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="0" align="right" class="right border" alt="Damien Hirst wheel cover" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/spin-wheel-1.jpg" />This is a spare tire cover painted by British contemporary artist Damien Hurst. It currently retails for &pound;900. That's $1,390 based on current exchange rates.



You read correctly - a <span style="font-style: italic;">tire</span> cover that costs over one thousand dollars.



Hirst's work is praised around the world, and this isn't his first dive into the automotive realm. Earlier this year, a Hirst-painted Audi A1 sold for over $527,000 at an auction held by Elton John. This tire cover is obviously art on a smaller scale, featuring Hirst's spin painting design. The cover itself is made of a high-quality stainless steel band covering the tire tread with a high-impact plastic central dish displaying the artist's work.



Need a fashionable way to spruce up the tire cover on your Jeep Wrangler? Have an extra $1,400 burning a hole in your wallet? Hirst's art-gone-four-by-four can be purchased now from Other Criteria.



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