Banksy I Fought The Law Print

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[Daniel Silk]

If you don't have an "I Fought The Law" and you fancy it, buy it NOW!

I had one come today numbered 400+

The total number is 500, so I would think around 75 left!

And yes I know they are not always sent out in number order, but they seem to have been more recently

Go get it! its a great print ;D

[gm]

its a great print

That one doesn't do anything for me, personally.

I saw one "in the flesh" last year (sometimes I change my mind when I see the real thing as opposed to a pic on a website) but no, I'm just not inspired enough by it to want one.

[Daniel Silk]

The word on the street is that less than 30 remaining!

Now that we have tracked down a reasonable priced frame for this one its looking much more attractive ;D

Go get it!

[jungletechno]

Got my i fought the law a few days ago (early april) and its number 428/500

[corp0822]

Received mine yesterday - no 439

[spence]

Have you spoken to them and told them of your problem. They might be able to trim it for you.You can only ask. I've always found them helpful if i've had a problem. Thats why i will always go back to them.

[guerillaart]

You should NEVER trim a print to fit a frame! As soon as you trim it it will no longer be the original size and as a result will always be worth less in the future. However, if you're not concerned by this go ahead and trim it.

[Daniel Silk]

If POW give you the OK, maybe the print paper was cut slightly bigger than it should have been

[Run Pig Run]

If you use a proper gullotine i'm sure no-one would ever know were you to re-sell it. mind you, if it were me i'd rather keep it in the cardboard tube than cut it myself.

[mcnipper]

how much do you want for the signed i fought the law??

[guggi]

Hi

Due to my current financial position I think I'm going to have to reluctantly sell my copy of this print. Which due to the same reasons I've never been able to frame!!

My print is a low number and also hasn't been stamped by POW - I'm not going to state the number in case some asshole attempts to capitalise on this by having further info on which prints weren't stamped.

I have all the documentation (ie credit card statement, original packaging) for my print, but am concerned that I may get grief whilst trying to sell it. Do you think its worth me contacting POW about the lack of stamp to get a COA? or asking for it to be stamped?

Any advice would be much appreciated ;D

Cheers

Guggi

[numusic]

guggi said:

Hi

Due to my current financial position I think I'm going to have to reluctantly sell my copy of this print. Which due to the same reasons I've never been able to frame!!

My print is a low number and also hasn't been stamped by POW - I'm not going to state the number in case some asshole attempts to capitalise on this by having further info on which prints weren't stamped.

I have all the documentation (ie credit card statement, original packaging) for my print, but am concerned that I may get grief whilst trying to sell it. Do you think its worth me contacting POW about the lack of stamp to get a COA? or asking for it to be stamped?

Any advice would be much appreciated ;D

Cheers

Guggi

Hi Guggi

If you live in London and it's no stress popping round to POW then I'm sure they'd be fine about stamping it, especially if you have the receipt or credit card statement etc.. they're usually very busy, so best dropping them a mail beforehand..then again, don't think it would make any difference selling as is. You must have bought it early in the run for it not to be stamped is all...a plus in my book ;D

[Daniel Silk]

numusic said:

guggi said:

Hi

Due to my current financial position I think I'm going to have to reluctantly sell my copy of this print. Which due to the same reasons I've never been able to frame!!

My print is a low number and also hasn't been stamped by POW - I'm not going to state the number in case some asshole attempts to capitalise on this by having further info on which prints weren't stamped.

I have all the documentation (ie credit card statement, original packaging) for my print, but am concerned that I may get grief whilst trying to sell it. Do you think its worth me contacting POW about the lack of stamp to get a COA? or asking for it to be stamped?

Any advice would be much appreciated ;D

Cheers

Guggi

Hi Guggi

If you live in London and it's no stress popping round to POW then I'm sure they'd be fine about stamping it, especially if you have the receipt or credit card statement etc.. they're usually very busy, so best dropping them a mail beforehand..then again, don't think it would make any difference selling as is. You must have bought it early in the run for it not to be stamped is all...a plus in my book ;D

Yeah, its best to pop in a see Steph You would have trouble selling it without a stamp Strange how it was not stamped in the first place I would have thought the whole run was POW stamped?

[guggi]

Thanks for the advice guys, will be in London in a couple of weeks so will pop into POW and get it stamped.

Cheers

Guggi

[guggi]

Just to clear this up, I've been in contact with POW and they've said that they will not amend a print once it has been issued and that they didn't own the POW stamp at the time the early ones were issued.

They keep a record of the owner or where each print was sold and can confirm this to any potential buyers. This must be worth bearing in mind for anyone buying Banksy prints on the second hand market in future.

[numusic]

guggi said:

Just to clear this up, I've been in contact with POW and they've said that they will not amend a print once it has been issued and that they didn't own the POW stamp at the time the early ones were issued.

They keep a record of the owner or where each print was sold and can confirm this to any potential buyers. This must be worth bearing in mind for anyone buying Banksy prints on the second hand market in future.

wonder what they'll do about my signed with 'loveheart' instead of number prints ;D, just got 2 from the miss rockaway auction.. $ dollars so much cheaper, not really that big a market over there yet.. got a great deal.. and I guess these 2 are unique !

[mido]

Isn't the whole point of the love heart ones that it signifies a freebie (e.g. for a special auction, or a thank you). so why would anything need to be changed??

numusic said:

wonder what they'll do about my signed with 'loveheart' instead of number prints

[numusic]

mido said:

Isn't the whole point of the love heart ones that it signifies a freebie (e.g. for a special auction, or a thank you). so why would anything need to be changed??

numusic said:

wonder what they'll do about my signed with 'loveheart' instead of number prints

Well initially they were going to do one for a person over on ebay, then decided against it. Was wondering how many auctions they're likely to be and whether the auction passes info to POW on the buyer, for their records. Saw that a love heart soupcan was now on auction.. do you think they'll limited it to maybe one print each or multiple ?hopefully just the one

[foundation]

The prints with love hearts are indeed gifts and very special editions provided by POW, usually to friends & family. Some have been signed some unsigned. The idea was to provide a print that was genuine a genuine gift but never to be sold on. They would have remained pretty much unknown about by the general public, until Steph ( after a few beers) offered to stamp and heart a print given to someone who had helped at a Santa's Ghetto a couple of years ago. POW then decided not to stamp/heart it as it was both against the whole idea of the heart idea ( never to be sold)and unfair to the people who had bought the normal edition print.
The stamp and heart thing is like a friends of POW thing. A nice touch as long as it isnt abused by unscrupulous people ( ie faking up hearts). The rarity of these prints generally meens that POW will know exactly who is in posession of them.

[numusic]

foundation said:

The prints with love hearts are indeed gifts and very special editions provided by POW, usually to friends & family. Some have been signed some unsigned. The idea was to provide a print that was genuine a genuine gift but never to be sold on. They would have remained pretty much unknown about by the general public, until Steph ( after a few beers) offered to stamp and heart a print given to someone who had helped at a Santa's Ghetto a couple of years ago. POW then decided not to stamp/heart it as it was both against the whole idea of the heart idea ( never to be sold)and unfair to the people who had bought the normal edition print.
The stamp and heart thing is like a friends of POW thing. A nice touch as long as it isnt abused by unscrupulous people ( ie faking up hearts). The rarity of these prints generally meens that POW will know exactly who is in posession of them.

Cheers mate, appreciate the in-depth response !

[Daniel Silk]

Thanks to Kevster for pointing me to the Athena website -

I have never looked on Athena website before, but I came across a frame size that loads of us are trying to find 70x70 "I Fought The Law" ;D

Yessssss!

go to www.athenaonline.co.uk

Click - "Framing"
Then - "Click here to view our latest picture frame range"
Then selection "BLOCK" from the flip down menu and at the bottom of the page -

> Additional Sizes

All Block Picture Frames are also available in the following additional sizes. (These sizes are
Special Order Only - see local store for details)

700x700 - 28x28 - £34.99

[spence]

Nice one mate. You watch ' I fought the law ' fly out the door now.

The only reason i never bought it was because i couldn't find a frame.

I'm already saving.

[numusic]

I fought the law AP..



and Jonah over on ebay group tracked down this image from the attempted Reagan assassination.. spot the difference ;D

[dotdot]

funny how the gun has changed into a mobile phone ?

..interesting picture all the same

[RBK]

Nu - Where is God's name did the red version of this come from?

[headphonesex]

RK, I brought this up on the ebay forum (the red IFTL's that is)

I remember these being sold by Tom Tom... I thought for £850, but it seems I may have mis-remembered, as I can't see them here being sold for less than £2500.

web.archive.org/web/20050627235013/www.tomtomshop.co.uk/art/art.htm

I thought at the time it looked hideous... but have reconsidered my opinion significantly now!

Anyway... weep at some of those prices - £550 for signed Happy Choppers & GWB for instance. And they seemed ludicrously expensive at the time!

[headphonesex]

£425 for Paranoid Pictures anyone?

web.archive.org/web/20040803121831/www.tomtomshop.co.uk/art/art.htm

[HowAboutNo]

numusic said:

I fought the law AP..



and Jonah over on ebay group tracked down this image from the attempted Reagan assassination.. spot the difference ;D

How bizzare, excellent find! AP looks a lot better I think.

And I was staying at the top of the Holiday Inn in NY when that assasination attempt took place (if there was only one attempt to shoot reagan that is) we heard a helicopter outside the window, looked out and Dad said "put the telly on" sure enough, what was happening on the ground was being beamed to the telly!