Banksy Welcome To Hell Print

[rabbitlegs]

mmm...Not sure about posting Hi-Res piccys?

Call me cynical but I think they are open to abuse!

Perhaps a watermark would be good?

What do you folks think?

[snakes]

Photo now in Gallery where most likely i have been told it belongs. If you want full res version that enlarges to Banksy size (50x30) pm me your email address and i shall forward.

[runningdog]

rabbitlegs said:

mmm...Not sure about posting Hi-Res piccys?

Call me cynical but I think they are open to abuse!

Perhaps a watermark would be good?

What do you folks think?

Excellent idea. I might start a blindstamping service via the internet, I'd guess the most popular request will be the ol' POW classic bottom left. We'll soon get the prices of those Banksys on Ebay right down.

[alvington89]

For a long time the 'Rat' series (with the exception of the 'Radar Rat' of course) has not really been that highly regarded when compared to the other Banksy POW editions around that time.
Now it seems that suddenly they are receiving the recognition they deserve and are becoming much more desirable.

Any one got any opinions as to why?

[Cocteau 101]

The RATS are iconic.

[beau]

iconic and timeless and i wished i'd bought when i had the chance! Love rats always been a favourite never found at right price! - £400 was even too much once, never mind i'll love em from a distance

[jonpud]

Basically, the rats and the smiling copper ARE Banksy! They might be his 'simplest' prints but when all said and done I think they are THE image that instantly associates him with his street work!

[medicjones]

Its bizarre. For some reason - even Ive now got the ursge to get some rats having never really liked them in the past. Now I think they're awesome. Ive kind of got that 'Print OCD' thought. Its either all of them or none. Aaaargh!

[sm]

Rats have always been my favourites. would love a paparazzi rat.

[colonelkurtz]

think it hails back to the time of heavy weaponary and bar code, when Banksy was born and all of a sudden there were rats doing the most bizarre things.

At the time though, i don't think art lovers wanted to put a rat on the wall...

now it's more about being a classic banksy!

[RetroCanvas]

You can't beat them. Rats have a real, long time connection with his street stuff. the missus doesn't like having a rat on the wall but come on! All Banksy fans must think they look the dogs! ;D

[foundation]

retrocanvas said:

You can't beat them. Rats have a real, long time connection with his street stuff. the missus doesn't like having a rat on the wall but come on! All Banksy fans must think they look the dogs! ;D

Bingo, lovely images, closest to his street stuff I'll ever own and are great ( nice small editions mainly too, which is nice....). Had them up on the bedroom wall for a while, dcided better of the bad frame. Posted the pic below earlier on another thread, but like it so am posting again

[alvington89]

Here are my Ratty friends in all their glory...

[snakes]

[corisma]

Nice foundation .. But has your Signed Rat been Chopped !!

[RetroCanvas]

The Signed G rat is mine and it hasn't been chopped, just cleverly framed

retro

corisma said:

Nice foundation .. But has your Signed Rat been Chopped !!

[goffy]

I love my Gangsta Rat, and so does my wife. I wish I could have had a print of the Rat with the paint roller who had just painted a heart, like the one on the door in Liverpool. Speaking of Liverpool. they have taken the frame down from around the big Rat/Cat on the Whitehouse Pub. Hope this is a good sign. Maybe someone told the City Council what Culture means.

[Ågent ßacardi]

Yep, Rats are very iconically Banksy. I'm glad they're finally getting the recognition they deserve. A year ago, I wanted to own a few pieces that were just classic Banksys, and I chose the "Because I'm worthless" rat, Have a Nice Day, and Bomb Hugger. Luckily the rats were still relatively unpopular at that time, and I got one on eBay for only £325. An even greater bargain was a Have a Nice Day for only £825!

[corisma]

Oh yeah I see it now Retro ... pheewwwwwwww

Nice frame jobbee you got there

[fartofthestate]

alvington89 said:

For a long time the 'Rat' series (with the exception of the 'Radar Rat' of course) has not really been that highly regarded when compared to the other Banksy POW editions around that time.
Now it seems that suddenly they are receiving the recognition they deserve and are becoming much more desirable.

Any one got any opinions as to why?

Because they have all been removed from the street.

[jonpud]

Can I join in?

[foundation]

vey niice mr Pud, vey niice. Kept on missing signed rats, and can remember refusing to spend £500 on a signed ghetto rat as it was far too much..... twonk. ahh a signed worthless rat.... smaller run than christ with shopping....... you lucky ducky ;D

[artstylee]

Radar Rat is great

[m@san]

Probably being snapped up by rich chinese business men ...
It's about to become the YEAR OF THE RAT!

[craigf]

My gf is a not very rich chinese lady

What's the chance she'll buy me one

[qprfc1967]

the rats will never die .they just keep popping up in the most unlikely of places. so glad ive kept my rat thanks to most of advice on this great site .

[qprfc1967]

my rat now has almost celebrity status , mates want to be photographed holding it , family want to know whos got it in the will and every time another piece sells for extreme amounts phone goes mad with " you know what you should do " conversations .
the rat is on my wall and unless i am really really desperate or ill then thats where it will stay
thanks again to all on this site who gave their advice pos & neg
someone said before that rat is an anagram of art
well rats is an anagram of star and thats what mine and every owners are
alas i am working in finsbury and lastmonth refuse rat on agdon street dissapeared over night , it seems the whole door has been taken , anyone know of its whereabouts or has it been nicked to sell .

[foreman]

artstylee said:

Radar Rat is great

couldnt agree more

[alvington89]

qprfc1967
Any chance you could post a picture of your rat?

[pezlow]

alvington89 said:

qprfc1967
Any chance you could post a picture of your rat?

At a guess I would check his avatar