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Post by carpetbelly on Feb 6, 2008 16:15:25 GMT 1
Errr I just rang my home insurance company and without being able to tell them if it was signed or unsigned they wouldnt even give me a rough estimate of price for insurance on my banksy print...
Anyone got any rough ideas for either? I do believe it's a signed and numbered piece I bought at an Art Republic underground exhibition in brighton quite a few years ago but I'm not sure (about the signature hehe and obv not at home at the moment).
What's really annoying is I only renewed my house insurance about 1month ago and I have a horrible feeling this is going to push it up. I never realised my banksy could be worth much to anyone but me.
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Post by manchestermike on Feb 6, 2008 16:18:40 GMT 1
Signed:
Well, if Bonhams has anything to go by then about £12k... To value it at £12k rather than £5/6/7k it'd go for on ebay at the moment won't cost you too much more, it'll save you revaluing it in 6 months / a year and will mean if the worst comes to the worst you'll have a bit left over from an insurance payout after you've replaced it
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Post by carpetbelly on Feb 6, 2008 16:20:24 GMT 1
wtf £12k o0
Don't get me wrong, it's good and I love it but no way is it worth that...
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no way it should be worth that, this is art for the masses, not for the bloody rich people
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Oh well, get home and double check and cry if that pushes up my insurance a lot then.
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Post by manchestermike on Feb 6, 2008 16:21:45 GMT 1
wtf £12k o0 Don't get me wrong, it's good and I love it but no way is it worth that... Oh well, get home and double check and cry if that pushes up my insurance a lot then. If you want I'm sure insurance of £7k is adequate for the moment, you should be able to pick up a replacement for close to that from ebay if anything happened. |
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Post by carpetbelly on Feb 6, 2008 16:23:47 GMT 1
thanks for that... no ebay at work and the misses is moving in shortly with her nipper who has a habbit of climbing and knocking things down. I don't mind, I just want to make sure anything I have is easily replaced if necessary. After all, that's what's insurance is for isn't it.
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Post by carpetbelly on Feb 6, 2008 17:41:15 GMT 1
Well, it's numbered out of 750... It has a stamp on it saying banksy but no signature or is that it?
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Post by streetgirl on Feb 6, 2008 17:49:19 GMT 1
Nope, as well as a stamp there would be a hand scrawled signature. I assume it's also in the higher 100's?
Sounds like you have an unsigned on your hands.
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Post by carpetbelly on Feb 6, 2008 17:51:19 GMT 1
ahhh yep, unsigned 5**/750 one on my hands...
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Post by RBK on Feb 6, 2008 17:53:50 GMT 1
Insure it for 2K GBP
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Post by carpetbelly on Feb 6, 2008 17:54:33 GMT 1
2k. brilliant, my insurance won't go up for that much ^^
cheers for the advice.
Not bad for a £70 purchase ages ago.
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Post by Run Pig Run on Feb 6, 2008 17:59:02 GMT 1
last unsigned golf sales sold for just over a grand, £1500 should do it.
many insurance companies will insure any single item up to £1500 at no extra cost.
keep receipts, take photos, make a note of the number etc.
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Post by carpetbelly on Feb 6, 2008 18:04:42 GMT 1
Yeah, I work for a bank for my sins and staff rates means anything up to 2k is no extra to cover. No receipt for it anymore, bought at a time when I was at uni and rather disorganised hehe.
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Post by Run Pig Run on Feb 6, 2008 18:07:11 GMT 1
Yeah, I work for a bank for my sins and staff rates means anything up to 2k is no extra to cover. No receipt for it anymore, bought at a time when I was at uni and rather disorganised hehe. I'll give you a grand for it and you can tell the insurance company the cat was sick on it.....everyones a winner..........yeah? |
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Post by carpetbelly on Feb 6, 2008 18:08:22 GMT 1
noooo I wanna keep it on my wall  this is in case the misses nipper manages to pull a frame off teh wall which knowing him is likely...  |
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Post by carpetbelly on Feb 9, 2008 2:16:56 GMT 1
I just had another look at my print and it has no stamp on it. Now, I bought it from an 'Art Republic' underground exhibit quite a few years ago. To be honest, I cannot even remember when, probably 5/6yrs ago. Would there have been a stamp on the art work from that long ago?
I've had a chat with the misses and she thinks it might be best to sell what I have and then I can put that money towards a signed one which would definately be a preference for me as well, I mean, who wouldnt want a signed print.
And how would be the best way of going about selling a piece or two? ebay i presume? Damn late night whiskey sessions, kids are gonna put a stop to this a bit hehe
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Post by goffy on Feb 9, 2008 10:36:43 GMT 1
Mine's signed but no stamp. And no it's not for sale!
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Post by carpetbelly on Feb 9, 2008 10:42:18 GMT 1
boo! that's just teasing!  |
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