Banksy canvas - Lenin on Rollerblades 2003

[Black Apple Art]

Anyone trying for this one?

www.bonhams.com/auctions/21300/lot/17/

[dreadnatty]

Oct 3, 2013 20:47:05 GMT 1 Black Apple Art said:

Anyone trying for this one?

www.bonhams.com/auctions/21300/lot/17/

Someone on here was looking for one not too long ago - perhaps Wizzy or Harveyn?

[Deleted]

Oct 3, 2013 20:52:50 GMT 1 dreadnatty said:

Oct 3, 2013 20:47:05 GMT 1 Black Apple Art said:

Anyone trying for this one?

www.bonhams.com/auctions/21300/lot/17/

Someone on here was looking for one not too long ago - perhaps Wizzy or Harveyn?

Thats Harveyn looking for a Lenin matey.

[Black Apple Art]

Great piece and with this NY hype it might really get up there in price.

[kennas]

Oct 3, 2013 21:53:55 GMT 1 Black Apple Art said:

Great piece and with this NY hype it might really get up there in price.

Let's be honest. This is absolutely NOT a great piece, the execution is shocking. If this was by anyone other than Banksy.....

What it is though is a relatively affordable piece!

[Black Apple Art]

Oct 3, 2013 22:41:56 GMT 1 kennas said:

Oct 3, 2013 21:53:55 GMT 1 Black Apple Art said:

Great piece and with this NY hype it might really get up there in price.

Let's be honest. This is absolutely NOT a great piece, the execution is shocking. If this was by anyone other than Banksy.....

What it is though is a relatively affordable piece!

I think the "If this was by anyone other than Banksy....." can be said of many famous names that command high prices and is pretty much stating the obvious. Being "great" or "not" is purely subjective and hey, we all have our favorites and least favorites. I'd def like that piece on my wall as I'm sure would many here.

[Coach]

Oct 3, 2013 22:41:56 GMT 1 kennas said:

Oct 3, 2013 21:53:55 GMT 1 Black Apple Art said:

Great piece and with this NY hype it might really get up there in price.

Let's be honest. This is absolutely NOT a great piece, the execution is shocking. If this was by anyone other than Banksy.....

What it is though is a relatively affordable piece!

I am not sure that our definitions of "relatively affordable" are too similar! ;-)

[Black Apple Art]

Oct 3, 2013 22:50:54 GMT 1 Coach said:

Oct 3, 2013 22:41:56 GMT 1 kennas said:

Let's be honest. This is absolutely NOT a great piece, the execution is shocking. If this was by anyone other than Banksy.....

What it is though is a relatively affordable piece!

I am not sure that our definitions of "relatively affordable" are too similar! ;-)

True Coach... "affordable" is an extremely relative term.

[Dr Plip]

Oct 3, 2013 22:41:56 GMT 1 kennas said:

Oct 3, 2013 21:53:55 GMT 1 Black Apple Art said:

Great piece and with this NY hype it might really get up there in price.

Let's be honest. This is absolutely NOT a great piece, the execution is shocking. If this was by anyone other than Banksy.....

What it is though is a relatively affordable piece!

Isn't everything relatively affordable?

[Coach]

Oct 3, 2013 22:59:14 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

Oct 3, 2013 22:41:56 GMT 1 kennas said:

Let's be honest. This is absolutely NOT a great piece, the execution is shocking. If this was by anyone other than Banksy.....

What it is though is a relatively affordable piece!

Isn't everything relatively affordable?

Thought about this for a while, but it made my head hurt, so I stopped!!

[Dr Plip]

Oct 3, 2013 23:05:53 GMT 1 Coach said:

Oct 3, 2013 22:59:14 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

Isn't everything relatively affordable?

Thought about this for a while, but it made my head hurt, so I stopped!!

Yeah, it broked me too

I even had to go and look up "relatively" in the dictionary.

I might have the wrong end of the stick? Sorry if I have.

Or I could just say that, while I personally can't afford a Banksy Lenin, some of my relatives can.

[Deleted]

Oct 3, 2013 23:09:54 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

Yeah, it broked me too

I even had to go and look up "relatively" in the dictionary.

I might have the wrong end of the stick? Sorry if I have.

Or I could just say that, while I personally can't afford a Banksy Lenin, some of my relatives can.

Well i could go halves with someone on a rollerblade?.

[Black Apple Art]

Oct 3, 2013 22:59:14 GMT 1 Dr Plip said:

Oct 3, 2013 22:41:56 GMT 1 kennas said:

Let's be honest. This is absolutely NOT a great piece, the execution is shocking. If this was by anyone other than Banksy.....

What it is though is a relatively affordable piece!

Isn't everything relatively affordable?

Yes, all things are usually "affordable" to some people and in some circumstances but defining those variables is what makes the thought complete, without them "relative" statements have no meaning. A planet being small or a molecule being large both need their comparisons defined. 

Wizzy I'll go in on it w ya

[johnnyh]

Must say I do like the Lenin. Think its a great Banksy myself just a larger edition than  others 25.  Think
this will beat estimate as well and go early 30's although with whats going on in NYork would not take much to put to push it alot higher

[Dice]

I think it will be very interesting to see where the charming baker ends up:

www.bonhams.com/auctions/21300/lot/16/

Must be the first original to come up at auction?

[dotdot]

Oct 4, 2013 8:33:37 GMT 1 Dice said:

I think it will be very interesting to see where the charming baker ends up:

www.bonhams.com/auctions/21300/lot/16/

Must be the first original to come up at auction?

yes and no.


yes it will be interesting.. and no the last one didn't sell... afaik.

[nipper]

Oct 4, 2013 10:20:41 GMT 1 dotdot said:

Oct 4, 2013 8:33:37 GMT 1 Dice said:

I think it will be very interesting to see where the charming baker ends up:

www.bonhams.com/auctions/21300/lot/16/

Must be the first original to come up at auction?

yes and no.


yes it will be interesting.. and no the last one didn't sell... afaik.

It's not the first original to come to auction.

[johnnyh]

First one was at Dreweats urban sale Panda piece. Had a really low estimate under 10 and went for well over 30 as I remember ( do not take that as gospel) it was way over anyway. Saw the piece was really nice

[jB]

I am curious to see what this is going to go for as well. Doesn't seem like there are too many opportunities to purchase original banksy works at the moment.

[Deleted]

Oct 4, 2013 16:44:41 GMT 1 jB said:

I am curious to see what this is going to go for as well. Doesn't seem like there are too many opportunities to purchase original banksy works at the moment.

Probably go nuts IMO, the whole world and his wife seems to want a Bansky at present.

[andrewd]

Nevermind the execution, it's a great 2003 image.
Seem to remember they were £300 @ santa's Ghetto 2003.
Biting arm off at not picking one up! : )

[Black Apple Art]

Oct 4, 2013 22:15:23 GMT 1 andrewd said:

Nevermind the execution, it's a great 2003 image.
Seem to remember they were £300 @ santa's Ghetto 2003.
Biting arm off at not picking one up! : )

wow! Amazing that the smaller canvases were almost the same price as his prints. Does anyone know how many canvases there were at Ghetto?

[Jeezuz Jones Snr]

Wow only 300 notes!! You could see these hanging around though back then as being not as desirable as others? Is there a list of canvases and prices from back in the day? There is a photo on the forum somewhere of the Lennon in Robbie Williams's place it's Huge!!!!

[Deleted]

Oct 4, 2013 22:15:23 GMT 1 andrewd said:

Nevermind the execution, it's a great 2003 image.
Seem to remember they were £300 @ santa's Ghetto 2003.
Biting arm off at not picking one up! : )

Only one?, hindsight is a pain innit!.

[Black Apple Art]

Time machine torture 

[cellular]

From the above 3 photos , say there's 15 works , what would be today's combined value for all the works shown here ?

[johnnyh]

Oct 5, 2013 7:15:04 GMT 1 cellular said:

From the above 3 photos , say there's 15 works , what would be today's combined value for all the works shown here ?

I reckon around a 1 to 1.25 million £ averaging around 70k+ a piece

Some stunning pieces

[Warm Gun]

Some lovely works above, I wonder if he'll ever do a show with a body of canvases like that available for purchase again, sadly I suspect he won't.

[Deleted]

I will bet never on that WG. Another question is will he ever release another print?.

[Black Apple Art]

Oct 5, 2013 0:50:08 GMT 1 Black Apple Art said:

Time machine torture 

links updated. No sure what happened.