Damien Hirst: Supreme Skatebaords round 2

Damien Hirst's publishing company Other Criteria, devoted to producing affordable limited editions and multiples, announced earlier this week that its Hinde Street store in London would sell a selection of skateboard decks Hirst designed. You may recognize the decks, based on Hirst's Spin and Spot paintings, from a series Hirst originally designed in 2009 for the hi end skateboard company Supreme. The difference between the 2009 decks and the 2011 ones? None, except that now they're being sold directly through Hirst's own publishing company for a whole lot more money. Hirst's decks premiered at Supreme in 2009 to round-the-block lines, with some fans camping out on the sidewalk the night before. The original, graphic skateboard designs sold for under $100. At Other Criteria, however, an edition of 40 decks signed by Hirst and embellished with an original 2011 drawing will run you a cool £1,200 ($1,945). The larger, unsigned edition of 160 will now cost £480 ($778). Originaly Supreme produced 500 copies of two different decks (Spin and Spot), plus 100 artist proofs for each. The artist retained the 200 AP decks, now for sale, as part of his original deal with Supreme.