[bru]

...this art shop was a concession in the basement of Selfridges, circa 2003... it sold loads of Banksy prints (including my Bomb Middle England)... does anyone remember the name of it? (Think it was a pun involving "Art")

also, am thinking of parting with my beloved BME, but don't have a receipt (it was a present and it was only worth £40/50 at the time!)... apart from telling potential buyers where it was bought, is there anything else I can do to help prove its provenance? (I've got a note from the framers saying they framed it in 2003, which I guess helps a bit...)

thanks for your time guys.

[CR]

bru said:

...this art shop was a concession in the basement of Selfridges, circa 2003... it sold loads of Banksy prints (including my Bomb Middle England)... does anyone remember the name of it? (Think it was a pun involving "Art")

also, am thinking of parting with my beloved BME, but don't have a receipt (it was a present and it was only worth £40/50 at the time!)... apart from telling potential buyers where it was bought, is there anything else I can do to help prove its provenance? (I've got a note from the framers saying they framed it in 2003, which I guess helps a bit...)

thanks for your time guys.

Does the receipt from the framer have the name of the print or anything?

do you have a bank statement or credit card statement that it was purchased on?

CR

[buster]

bru said:

...this art shop was a concession in the basement of Selfridges, circa 2003... it sold loads of Banksy prints (including my Bomb Middle England)... does anyone remember the name of it? (Think it was a pun involving "Art")

also, am thinking of parting with my beloved BME, but don't have a receipt (it was a present and it was only worth £40/50 at the time!)... apart from telling potential buyers where it was bought, is there anything else I can do to help prove its provenance? (I've got a note from the framers saying they framed it in 2003, which I guess helps a bit...)

thanks for your time guys.

was the shop named artomatic? I remember talk of it before, Westley might know, I think he got something out of there.
As for the selfrigdes thing, there might / should be records of what prints were supplied to them by PMYC / POW and your print should fall within that category. Might be worth getting in touch with POW to see what they can do. Not much help, but this far down the line, you might be lucky but the longer its left the harder it is.

[ab]

was it
eat my hand bag b**ch?

[ab]

that looks like i am just being rude
there really was a store called that attached to a department store !

[buster]

ab said:

was it
eat my hand bag b**ch ?

Is that where handbag was ab? sounds about right and handbag did sell some classics, you could well be right, good thinking fella.

[westley]

Not sure of the name but if you go to your bank they can give you all your statements or credit card statements from that year

and pow have the numbers sold to it if all else fails ring pow they will know the name of the shop

[bru]

thanks chaps....

hmmm, Artomatic sounds very possible... will follow up that lead..

alas it was bought for me (by an ex g/f... say no more) so I won't have any transaction records... and I doubt she would - even if I did want to speak to her again, which I don't!

good idea about contacting POW - I guess they must have records of which print numbers went to which retailers...

thanks again guys

[craigf]

At least your ex left you something good, mine just took everything!!!

[numusic]

It was "Eatmyhandbagb**ch" , they used to have a store on Drury lane and a concession in Selfridges, for provenance, just mail POW the number and see if it was supplied to emhb

[Pattycakes]

it was called ARTOMATIC I bought my Rude Copper there for £45

[bombshelter]

I remember Eatmyhandbagb**ch ,that was on Drury lane got my Kid print by Hewlett from them lot.

[headphonesex]

bombshelter said:

I remember Eatmyhandbagb**ch ,that was on Drury lane got my Kid print by Hewlett from them lot.

That's where I saw Banksy prints for the first time... they had 'Love is in the Air', 'Bomb Middle England' & Happy Choppers on the walls and on sale.

Nearly bought them then, but decided that 30 quid was a bit much for a poster!

Though it was on Drays Walk(?) opposite where the Big Chill bar is now when I was there. Think they may have had 2 shops though,