[ironic mustache]

Hi All-

Helping a friend try to sell her signed Moron's print from the Los Angeles Barely Legal show in 2006.  For those of you in the know you know that that the prints sold to the general public at the Barely Legal show were not signed and were limited to only 100 prints before they stopped the run. However, there were a few low numbers and proofs that got signed of each of the 6 prints offered at that show. This is one of them.  Full Pest Control COA comes with the print.

This print has the gold frame around the auction image that differentiates the LA version from others so this is NOT the sepia version or the POW version

Photos of the actual piece can be found here (thats linen matting in frame)

www.dropbox.com/sh/vzfws0dc0thymkf/AAC2lHq0TXyWKpBOlJ5j34oWa

Based in Los Angeles, she's looking for offers but in the spirit of full disclosure to forum members i think she's hoping to get between 30-40k(USD) for the piece

PM me if interested and i'll put you guys in touch.

Cheers
Dave

[Deleted]

wow 30-40 k u s d ......god these banksys are mad money now !!!!!!!!!!! good luck

[Dungle]

30 - 40k

wow

[disdig1]

lol 30 - 40 k...s**t why not shoot for the moon how does 100k sound!

[ironic mustache]

I know, she's open to offers but I do think she has it in her mind that it will fetch that amount. I told her the only way to find out is to put it out there and see what the market dictates. i guess that fact that its a signed one from the Barely Legal show gives it a leg up over the other versions

[thisisanton]

If you pay that much for it, you really are a moron. See what I did there...

[Deleted]

18k - 20k GBP, hefty asking price IMO.

Good luck with the sale though.

edit: I would assume most on here are in the know re the myriad and various editions of Banksy prints.

[Deleted]

I cant believe you morons buy this shit.

[Boyle44]

Lol at that price ........ Heads gone !!

[Quinnster]

if you think the exchange rate is very good against the dollar at the moment and its still £18000 on the low end.

Its far from his best image she is deluded.......

[Pistol]

Have to disagree. A great print and very very rare. Would love a full signed set one day! Can't see it ever happening though.

[Deleted]

Wise up !just crazy crazy crazy

[Deleted]

Sorry don't get me wrong it's a good piece and worth a premium but I think this is too high IMO of course

[Pistol]

I wasn't referring to the price just the image and the fact it is the original release. And signed too.

[Dice]

Rare in the details but but there are so many prints of this image signed and unsigned (thousands in fact). Festival signed might be worth this kind of cash but not morons.

[Deleted]

Agreed Pistol

[Dice]

Edit: was thinking of trolleys sorry

[Manty]

tell her to keep it for another year, then who knows

At the moment, i would guesstimate it would struggle to reach £8k

[Hubble Bubble]

Surely that's a ludicrous figure for this print?

[sincebyman]

Sure we can all speculate. Put it one eBay and see what the market really means. Cheers

[ironic mustache]

I agree with you guys, which is why i took it to the forum. I think seeing how NOLA and a few others rose up in price gave her the false hope this one would be worth more, however I've always been amazed how pricey some of his prints sell for. I remember almost buying a NOLA for $6k a few years ago (seller backed out) and I thought that was crazy for a print then, now that would be a HUGE deal. I love that image. Anyway, I think she realizes she won't get those numbers for Morons and at this point there doesn't seem to be much interest in the piece, maybe thats a sign she should just leave it hanging on the wall.

[Deleted]

only a banksy dweeb would consider paying a premium for a variation subset of a pretty large image run .this is the strongest pic of the LA run, the rest may have similar dweebish value but are all a bit meh really.one for obsesseve collectors only

[Deleted]

May 16, 2014 7:10:59 GMT 1 @sceptic said:

only a banksy dweeb would consider paying a premium for a variation subset of a pretty large image run .this is the strongest pic of the LA run, the rest may have similar dweebish value but are all a bit meh really.one for obsesseve collectors only

interesting logic, because I wonder what we classify as a 'variation subset' of what, signed? Being a 'print'? Being a piece of 'art'? Everything is a variation subset unless it's a completely unique object of unique origin.

hang on I may've taken it too far

time for a lie down

ps. I'd suggest it's closer to 10k GBP

[sommguy]

May 15, 2014 21:39:04 GMT 1 sincebyman said:

Sure we can all speculate. Put it one eBay and see what the market really means. Cheers

+1  set the reserve to what she will accept as a lowest offer, and run the auction.  you can get a lot of data out of the auction other than price too.

[mmmike]

May 19, 2014 5:42:40 GMT 1 sommguy said:

May 15, 2014 21:39:04 GMT 1 sincebyman said:

Sure we can all speculate. Put it one eBay and see what the market really means. Cheers

+1  set the reserve to what she will accept as a lowest offer, and run the auction.  you can get a lot of data out of the auction other than price too.

I don't think you can read anything into non selling prices of reserve auctions. I know I don't bother with those, when people put reserves on ebay they tend to have unrealistic pricing expectations. There is a lot more interest resulting in higher sale prices when there isn't a reserve.  

[sommguy]

I see a lot of data. unique page views, watchers, last minute snipers. and at least you can "idea" of the market. it will not sell for 30-40k i just bought a signed toxic mary, with coa and framed beautifully. albeit, white frame, and not black, which is my preference. anyway... i paid $8,200 cash local pick up. Getting an unsigned laugh now at 3500.00 there are a boat load of banks in los angeles. more flippers than collectors.

Where did this buyer get in her head that she could get anywhere near that price?

... eyes wide shut!

[ironic mustache]

just heard from my friend that she had a buyer disappear on her so now she's come to her senses a bit and lowered the price to a more reasonable estimate. She's dropped the selling price to $20k US. If you are interested email her directly at [e-mail]