[Daniel Silk]

Just seen this on ebay 😂
i guess actually it’s not such a crazy idea for someone to sell something like that. If you have an old Banksy picture and it’s worth tens of thousands, then buying a POW tube from the same period to go with it will add value.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BANKSY-POW-PICTURES-ON-WALLS-Heavy-Weight-Cardboard-Tube-2006-RARE/224200740490?hash=item343367ce8a:g:cGQAAOSwZbpfjcJl

[ecomwizard]

I wonder how much the POW tissue paper is worth? It's frameable!

[Daniel Silk]

Oct 28, 2020 21:26:37 GMT 1 ecomwizard said:

I wonder how much the POW tissue paper is worth? It's frameable!

Haaa you may laugh 😂 but I think little things like this surely do add a little value if you have a very valuable Banksy Print.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-BANKSY-POW-PICTURES-ON-WALLS-Tissue-Glassine-Print-Sheet-Unsigned-RARE/303704460328?hash=item46b6324c28:g:6eAAAOSwalde2QKh

[puritog]

At this point the glassine paper even seems a good deal

[Ravnur 2020]

If I bought a very valuable Banksy print (in my dreams :-)) I would expect it to be couriered flat in a sealed and padded hard sided box......although the good old POW tube brings back a lot of good memories!

[amnasia]

This tube is valuable for a forger. But i can't see anyone else about to pay that price for an empty piece of cardboard...

[klyde]

After a loft clear out I threw about 10 POW tubes out last year.

[sven]

If someone buys this will he send the tube in another tube? Or will the tube just arrive in the mail as is?

[Dive Jedi]

Nov 5, 2020 22:45:12 GMT 1 sven said:

If someone buys this will he send the tube in another tube? Or will the tube just arrive in the mail as is?

I just sold a Bristol Copper with POW tube and I did pack the tube inside a larger tube.

Will pack the Soup Can tube as well.

So yeah.... probably.

[trowel]

I've seen galleries try to use a POW tube as provenance, as though you couldn't just buy any old crap from POW and get one of their tubes back in the day; I must have 20 of them in the loft.

If having a genuine tube really matters to anyone (and I don't think anyone should get hung up on it), the POW address changed a few times over the years and you can use it and the postmark on the label to see if the timing matches up with the date print availability.

But in no way rely on it solely if you're looking to authenticate a piece as genuine.

[bonesy]

I tossed mine years ago but still have some of their good rubber end caps as most are plastic

[cest]

Oct 28, 2020 21:26:37 GMT 1 ecomwizard said:

I wonder how much the POW tissue paper is worth? It's frameable!

I considered linen backing a sheet