Banksy Flying Copper Print

[The Voice of Authority]

* Print name - Flying Copper

* Release date - 2003/4?

* Dimensions - 700mm x 1000mm

* Edition size - 750

* Signed edition - 1 / 150
(Signature - Located on right hand side of print)
(Numbering - Located on right hand side of print)

* Unsigned edition - 1 / 600
(Numbering - Located on either left or right hand side of print)

* Banksy tagged - With

* P.O.W. Embossed stamp - Both with & without

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* Additional details (if any) -


Please advise of any variations to above details.

[jon12w]

I had the last signed one of these from POW early last year... huge great image! :-)

Ive also seen a huge bill board cut out version of these that was hung up in Banksy's Turf War exhibition... I think TomTom are selling one of these.

[Daniel Silk]

I think this is one of his best pictures ;D

Great colours, and yeah! the size is a massive 100 tall

[serpico]

Don't think they were all stamped,When Greenleaf bookshop in Bristol were selling them A couple of years ago they never had the stamp.

[spence]

Love this one. Centre piece of my room and always makes me smile.

[gm]

Yup, lovely image... he smiles at me and I smile right back ;D

I now have it on very good authority that Banksy doesn't sign the entire edition at once, he does them in chunks, so some of the coppers are dated '04 and some are dated '05.

[hankpank]

I can confirm that all was not stamped. My unsigned is not.


Added by Admin - ahhh, Thanks I guess yours must have been one of the very first ones then. Welcome to the Forum

[tbolt]

I was just curious about whether not having the picturesonwalls embossed stamp around the print number, would be detrimental to the authenticity of the piece. Only because I bought a flying copper print back in 2003 at santa's ghetto in kingley court, the print number is 75/600, and it didn't come with the stamp.

[mido]

tbolt said:

I was just curious about whether not having the picturesonwalls embossed stamp around the print number, would be detrimental to the authenticity of the piece. Only because I bought a flying copper print back in 2003 at santa's ghetto in kingley court, the print number is 75/600, and it didn't come with the stamp.

In this case, no.

If you look at the first post in this thread it says some were and some were not stamped. The stamp started in 2004 (?)....

[numusic]

Signed flying copper just went for over 1k on ebay !!! whoa !

[gm]

I looked for that today to see what it went for, but couldn't find it.

Thanks for the update.

[lesroy]

How much would you guys pay for an Unsigned but perfectly stamped Flying Copper? Ive been offered one for £500 ? Seems a price bearing in mind I love the image?

[Daniel Silk]

lesroy said:

How much would you guys pay for an Unsigned but perfectly stamped Flying Copper? Ive been offered one for £500 ? Seems a price bearing in mind I love the image?

Yep, £500 seems to be the going rate at the minute for an unsigned Flying Copper ;D But I would think that the price has nowhere near peaked for that print Colour background, Massive 70x100, Classic Banksy Image, Snap it up! ;D

[Daniel Silk]

Seems like all of the most popular Banksy prints have the light blue background

Happy Chopper ;D
Flying Copper ;D
Jack & Jill ;D

I do hope POW stick to coloured backgrounds form now onwards The Red of Queen Vic was also a colour that works well ;D

[foundation]

The richness of that maroon colour is breathtaking, no photo can do it justice. The fawn colour of the laugh now is also very nice, it gives a great contrasts when used with pure white papera nd black inks. For me a return to coloured backgrounds could be the way to go for banksy, but I am sure he has his own ideas when it comes to that.

[daniel3886]

if anyone has one for sale please contact me i'm also interested in happy choppers and flying copper

regards Danny

signed or unsigned i'll consider either

thanks in advance for you help

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[numusic]

daniel3886 said:

if anyone has one for sale please contact me i'm also interested in happy choppers and flying copper

regards Danny

signed or unsigned i'll consider either

thanks in advance for you help

[e-mail]

think maybe one thread would have be fine.. I'm happy you didn't want any others is all

[skagtrendy]

I'm so happy I just bought my first Banksy print off ebay, it was flying Copper.

[gm]

Well done!

Wait til you see him in the flesh - he's lovely ;D

[gbh]

lovely, just picked one up.
Godspeed to you fedex delivery man

[corblimeylimey]

gbh said:

lovely, just picked one up.
Godspeed to you fedex delivery man

Agreed, nice print, this is the about the only 'affordable' old Banksy that I really like and I'd love to get my hands on one too.

[foreman]

this thread is really depressing ... considering there is a signed flying copper with 2 days left on the auction on the bay at like 6 k

[bond]

but does it strike anyone as odd that the print is located in UK but offered on EBAY.COM ? primary destination to post to is US with unspecified costs to the uk

[foreman]

yeah that is pretty random... seems like you live in the uk you put it on ebay.co.uk... espically cause it is the biggest banksy market out there... why wouldnt u want it on the uk site?

[lrworld]

GBP1800 is about right, I think

[jam]

This thread is for photos only for framed FLYING COPPER prints. Rather than spending all that time looking for examples of a this print framed up... you can see and post examples in this thread! This will allow everyone on the board to have a look at what other people have done with each print to see how different mats, frames, and mountings look for each individual print. This should be a good way to save time from searching all over, plus it will give you some nice ideas for your Banksy!

Feel free to add photos of your framed example in each of the appropriate threads, there is a "Framed" thread under each print listed in the 'Banksy Limited Edition Prints' section. To keep each thread manageable and on topic, please refrain from commenting. Also, remember to resize images that may be oversized so everyone can have a proper look at your framing work!

[jam]

[Daniel Silk]

Prices as of 13/4/2006

www.tomtomshop.co.uk

Flying Copper unsigned = £950

[LoveRat]

Wonder how much they want for Christ with shopping?
Last time I heard it was at £2250
anyone know?

[Daniel Silk]

Was that how much they wanted!

Did I see a couple of them go on ebay a month or so back for just over £1000 each?