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Laughing All The Way To The Banksy, by Daniel Silk on Dec 28, 2006 17:59:02 GMT 1, www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23379576-details/Laughing%20all%20the%20way%20to%20the%20Banksy/article.do
Laughing all the way to the Banksy
By Tom Teodorczuk, Evening Standard 27.12.06
They came in their hundreds, and queued overnight, for the opportunity to pick up a print by controversial graffiti artist Banksy for £100.
Now some of the art fans who braved freezing weather outside his temporary "grotto" in Oxford Street have made a killing by auctioning them off.
The limited edition black and white images, called Flag, were originally put on sale on 18 December in aid of a charity which provides cataract operations for children in Bangladesh. They sold out within two hours, but scores of them have since been put up on eBay, raising over £400 apiece.
One print had attracted 23 bids and raised £410 with two hours of its auction to go - more than quadrupling the owner's investment. The item was on sale from an address in South Ockenden, from a seller known as "magnetandsteel_reillyone".
The sales reflect a trend for shoppers to make a profit on rare items. The Nintendo Wii console was selling for four times its retail price on eBay because of scarcity in shops.
The eBay auctioneers selling on the Banksy prints are anonymous but artist Carlo Raffa, 33, from Brighton, who was first in line to buy one, said he planned to sell his on eBay.
He was disappointed by the piece as it was "machine-printed with no signature or number".
But another buyer, Cathryn Taylor, 24, from Tooting, said: "Banksy is anti-capitalist and wouldn't want people to buy his pieces just to sell on for profit."
www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23379576-details/Laughing%20all%20the%20way%20to%20the%20Banksy/article.doLaughing all the way to the Banksy By Tom Teodorczuk, Evening Standard 27.12.06 They came in their hundreds, and queued overnight, for the opportunity to pick up a print by controversial graffiti artist Banksy for £100. Now some of the art fans who braved freezing weather outside his temporary "grotto" in Oxford Street have made a killing by auctioning them off. The limited edition black and white images, called Flag, were originally put on sale on 18 December in aid of a charity which provides cataract operations for children in Bangladesh. They sold out within two hours, but scores of them have since been put up on eBay, raising over £400 apiece. One print had attracted 23 bids and raised £410 with two hours of its auction to go - more than quadrupling the owner's investment. The item was on sale from an address in South Ockenden, from a seller known as "magnetandsteel_reillyone". The sales reflect a trend for shoppers to make a profit on rare items. The Nintendo Wii console was selling for four times its retail price on eBay because of scarcity in shops. The eBay auctioneers selling on the Banksy prints are anonymous but artist Carlo Raffa, 33, from Brighton, who was first in line to buy one, said he planned to sell his on eBay. He was disappointed by the piece as it was "machine-printed with no signature or number". But another buyer, Cathryn Taylor, 24, from Tooting, said: "Banksy is anti-capitalist and wouldn't want people to buy his pieces just to sell on for profit."
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Laughing All The Way To The Banksy, by gordy on Dec 28, 2006 18:05:12 GMT 1, Being in the queue! you realise that the majority of people were there for one thing only... to own a banksy.... for what reason..... I think from the people I was lucky enough to queue with (how about no and emma?) we wanted it to stick on our walls!!
Being in the queue! you realise that the majority of people were there for one thing only... to own a banksy.... for what reason..... I think from the people I was lucky enough to queue with (how about no and emma?) we wanted it to stick on our walls!! |
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Laughing All The Way To The Banksy, by Ågentßacardi on Dec 28, 2006 19:01:44 GMT 1, It's the GHETTO, not GROTTO!!! Gawd, why do so many people get that wrong? 
As for Carlo Raffa, a sample of the print was on a window, so he could have seen the 'machine-printedness' before he bought it and became "disappointed" with it. 
And it is funny and ironic how the work of an anti-capitalist like Banksy has become capitalist fodder. Wish he would give an interview or something to express his opinion on this. Not that it would change anything, but I'm just curious, as I'm sure a few of you might also be. 
It's the GHETTO, not GROTTO!!! Gawd, why do so many people get that wrong? As for Carlo Raffa, a sample of the print was on a window, so he could have seen the 'machine-printedness' before he bought it and became "disappointed" with it. And it is funny and ironic how the work of an anti-capitalist like Banksy has become capitalist fodder. Wish he would give an interview or something to express his opinion on this. Not that it would change anything, but I'm just curious, as I'm sure a few of you might also be. |
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Laughing All The Way To The Banksy, by gordy on Dec 28, 2006 22:22:54 GMT 1, Because it begins with G then it is obviously me!!!!
OPEN YOUR EYES !!!!
I live in manchester!!!
I suppose I am the chancellor gordon brown or maybe I'm the chef gordon ramsey!!!
Because it begins with G then it is obviously me!!!! OPEN YOUR EYES !!!! I live in manchester!!! I suppose I am the chancellor gordon brown or maybe I'm the chef gordon ramsey!!! |
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Laughing All The Way To The Banksy, by Ågentßacardi on Dec 28, 2006 22:52:25 GMT 1, Because it begins with G then it is obviously me!!!! OPEN YOUR EYES !!!! I live in manchester!!! I suppose I am the chancellor gordon brown or maybe I'm the chef gordon ramsey!!!
If you really *are* Gordon Ramsay, I just wanna say that your food isn't nearly as great as you are at being a dick. 
Just kidding, trying to lighten up the mood a little
openyoureyes, let's not be too quick to assume, shall we?
Because it begins with G then it is obviously me!!!! OPEN YOUR EYES !!!! I live in manchester!!! I suppose I am the chancellor gordon brown or maybe I'm the chef gordon ramsey!!! If you really *are* Gordon Ramsay, I just wanna say that your food isn't nearly as great as you are at being a dick. Just kidding, trying to lighten up the mood a little openyoureyes, let's not be too quick to assume, shall we? |
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Laughing All The Way To The Banksy, by gordy on Dec 28, 2006 23:15:59 GMT 1, My flags litho print is at the framers and I will be sure to 'get my new banksy out for the lads' when i get it back in a week or so!!
can't wait ;D ;D
I have gone for the black border and black frame.
What have other people gone for?
My flags litho print is at the framers and I will be sure to 'get my new banksy out for the lads' when i get it back in a week or so!!
can't wait ;D ;D
I have gone for the black border and black frame.
What have other people gone for?
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Laughing All The Way To The Banksy, by mammal2 on Dec 28, 2006 23:27:17 GMT 1, I have gone for the same. should look sweeet!!!
I have gone for the same. should look sweeet!!!
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Laughing All The Way To The Banksy, by gordy on Dec 28, 2006 23:31:58 GMT 1, I have gone for a sort of cubic/square frame ;D
I have gone for a sort of cubic/square frame ;D
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I think from the people I was lucky enough to queue with (how about no and emma?) we wanted it to stick on our walls!!
