The most expensive birthday card in the world.

Posted by Hayden Allen-Vercoe on Fri 17th August 2007 at 04:16 AM, Filed in Unusual Luxury
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Imagine getting birthday card worth £30,000 arrive on your doorstep. 70 year old Joan Hardee received just that in the form of a Damien Hirst painting which he had personally written the words “Happy Birthday Joan” on. Joan who was Hirst’s college secretary put the painting up for auction back in 2001 at Bonham’s auctioneers but didn’t sell.

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The picture was entitled ‘Spots’and Mrs Hardee’s son had arranged a surprise party for his mother and asked Hirst if he would make a special card for her.

Hirst went one better and sent her a signed painting instead.

Joan wanted to sell it, not to go on the holiday of a lifetime of course… but because she couldn’t afford to insure it!!!

I wonder whether it would fetch a pretty penny now?

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