[Daniel Silk]

POW - Pictures On Walls

Website - www.picturesonwalls.com

Email - [e-mail]

Pictures of the old POW offices -

[Honest Jon]

Come on whats under the blurred squares? Could that be a banksy phone box print in red??

haha

[monochrome]

more worryingly (if those pics were taken this weekend) - why are there loads of CND on the shelves? sold out months back did they not?

but nice pics tho.

[Honest Jon]

I asked that when I went before and was told they print more than is needed just incase anything goes wrong, (people sending them back/miss numbered/stamp didnt work proppally/etc.....)

[monochrome]

and Soup cans too!!!!!!!

[monochrome]

mmmmm - or they end up on ebay from sellers saying 'this was given to me by a charity worker refugee' etc

[Honest Jon]

monochrome said:

mmmmm - or they end up on ebay from sellers saying 'this was given to me by a charity worker refugee' etc

I belive thats before POW days

Dont worry POW are sound people

[Honest Jon]

Not many Grin reapers on the shelf!!!

[hungrytoad]

these pics are fab too thanks! feel like crying when i see soup cans tho as i was the first person on the list not to get one!!

roll on the new website


Added by Admin - Thanks very much ;D All part of the service

[mido]

hungrytoad said:

these pics are fab too thanks! feel like crying when i see soup cans tho as i was the first person on the list not to get one!!

roll on the new website

I thought I had been the first to not get a (coloured) soup can. we can cry into our sooup bowls together. c'est la vie.

But what I really stupidly did was then not buy a blue one; then they sold out. I've learnt my lesson now :-)

[orangepeel]

Great photos... Many thanks

[Run Pig Run]

I wish they would auction (or sell) all the leftovers off, seems a crime to let them go to waste.

[gm]

I reckon they should just go out and flypost all the overruns all over the city. Stick em up REAL good so people can't take them down without ripping em to pieces.

Again, great pics. Cheers ;D

[steph]

Yes we use them for street stuff, exhibitions and any left over we DESTROY! its not in our interest to have un numbered prints floating around....

[gm]

You could turn the destruction into a piece of 'performance art'*...- have someone sitting in an exhibition space feeding them into a shredder one by one, or cutting them into tiny tiny pieces with scissors. Watch the distraught print collectors going "NOOOOOOOO!!! " as the pile of snippings builds up on the floor.

Then sell em little bags of shreds on their way out for a fiver or tenner a pop.

I bet they'd be all over ebay within 24 hours!



*I really hate that term.

[Daniel Silk]

How about printing a new Banksy print on the other side ;D

Special bonus prints that you can turn over each month

[evie]

VIGIN MARY AND LOVE RAT NOW READY TO BUY AT POW.
LIMITED EDITION UNSIGNED 750 OF EACH!!!

[gm]

As posted by artforartssake in the ebay section below:

POW have issued a no-nonsense warning with regard to TomTom Gallery and the unauthorised authentication of prints, in the ebay Banksy forum.

full text:

Tom Tom Gallery: A Warning
picturesonwalls (623 )
12/09/06 04:42 PM


Due to recent disclosures from concerned customers, Pictures On Walls would like to publicly distance themselves from the Tom Tom Gallery. Tom Tom do not have authorisation to authenticate Banksy prints or any other prints produced by POW. There was a time when we sold some wholesale prints to them but we no longer do so and would advise against dealings with them which relate to the mentioned artists. Tom Tom do not keep a record of who they sold their prints to, let alone ours and were not involved in the printing process in anyway so are not in a position to authenticate. As far as we are aware this has no affect on their ability to sell other artists work, they just have no juristiction when it comes to POW artists.

The secondary market is of little concern to us, we do keep a record of customers and if we have time will confirm ownership by telephone or email - however please be aware we are a business and should authentication become a full time job we will have to consider charging a fee. In order to keep this service as a free service I would suggest contacting us only when other avenues have been exhasted. It is also up to you to take the neccessary precautions when buying and selling prints - always keep ahold of your receipt as we (like any other retailer) do not issue duplicates.

We don't like it when people are duped but as much as we would like to be able to help people out when it happens please remember that we are a screen printers with a website. Our intention was always to sell art for people to put on their walls and enjoy, the secondary market has taken us by suprise and while we will try and monitor it, it is not our responsibility and we can do so only when time will allow.

Kind regards,

Steph, Dora and Ben.
POW

[will]

This must have been a long time ago, I can see a Banksy soup can print on the rack

[arcam]

Nov 6, 2008 17:31:50 GMT 1 will said:

This must have been a long time ago, I can see a Banksy soup can print on the rack

...and CND, J&J amongst others.......

[smallbylo]

Hi people! Writting from London a little sad... I realise now that POW doesn't open its doors on saturdays... And I can't believe I haven't planned it properly. It has always been this way or they have changed timetable lately? I'm going to Shoreditch and I know I'm going to see a lot of street pieces and galleries and flowers and smiling people on the streets but... I can feel warm salad water in my eyes.

[freeview]

I was told today that it now costs £65 to obtain a Banksy COA, Can anyone confirm or deny this ?

[Deleted]

Money for old rope eh.

[Deleted]

£50+ vat + £5 postage = £65

You are correct

Jan 15, 2012 23:20:36 GMT 1 @freeview said:

I was told today that it now costs £65 to obtain a Banksy COA, Can anyone confirm or deny this ?

[chaturz]

Jan 15, 2012 23:20:36 GMT 1 @freeview said:

I was told today that it now costs £65 to obtain a Banksy COA, Can anyone confirm or deny this ?

Yep, 60 notes for COA and 5 for delivery!

[Deleted]

Resurrecting an old thread, but I see that PoW has a newish owner, no longer Jamie Hewlett. Thought that was interesting given how quiet they've been.

[Happy Shopper]

Mar 12, 2017 12:05:57 GMT 1 @desmond398 said:

Resurrecting an old thread, but I see that PoW has a newish owner, no longer Jamie Hewlett. Thought that was interesting given how quiet they've been.

That is interesting. And I wonder if it means we'll see more prints, or they'll start at least being more visible again in some way.
Same company director though, so I assume it's still the same crew... for now.

[Deleted]

Mar 12, 2017 13:03:22 GMT 1 Happy Shopper said:

Mar 12, 2017 12:05:57 GMT 1 @desmond398 said:

Resurrecting an old thread, but I see that PoW has a newish owner, no longer Jamie Hewlett. Thought that was interesting given how quiet they've been.

That is interesting. And I wonder if it means we'll see more prints, or they'll start at least being more visible again in some way.
Same company director though, so I assume it's still the same crew... for now.

Yes same crew, looks like Pest Control is under the same ownership as PoW too, which wasn't previously the case......... Hmmmmmm.....