Art and Style | January 16, 2008 | 5 comments

Banksy Mural Sold On Ebay for £208,100... Now How To Get It Off The Wall...

source: http://www.supertouchblog.com/2008/01/14/londonart-commercebanksy-sells-out?on-ebay/

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The owner of the building on Portobello Road in London has put this recent Banksy mural on eBay and it sold for a record £208,100. What a steal! Now the lucky bidder has to pay for the removal and relocation of the piece. I wonder how Banksy feels about all of this...

here's the ebay link:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BANKSY-ORIGINAL-on-Portobello-Road-London_W0QQcmdZViewItem...
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5 comments // Banksy Mural Sold On Ebay for £208,100... Now How To Get It Off The Wall...

  • Social_Fuzz
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      Social_Fuzz  

    • Someone should tag over it, or splash it. Banksy himself?
      Seeing the commodification of Banksy's art and message perhaps give the work greater profile, i however don't look forward to no longer being able to view a Banksy because the bricks that used to be in that now big gaping hole in the wall are in some rich fucks house.

    • 4 years ago
  • FunSizedGirl
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      FunSizedGirl  

    • how in the wold are they planning to deliver this work of art? Are they going to deliver the whole wall? How could you get it off teh wall without ruining it?

    • 4 years ago
  • SusanB
  • DanielleN
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      DanielleN  

    • But will the transaction even go through? the buyer has some ebay feedback that says he is a waste of time and bids on things without paying up

    • 4 years ago
  • mattbrawn
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      mattbrawn  

    • Am I the only one who's beginning to feel like Banksy is 'selling-out'?

      His work is still as thought provoking as ever, but does the fact he is willing to sell his work to celebrities, and subsequently, the public via celebrity-loving media, devalue his work?

    • 4 years ago
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