Banksy • Turf War Print • 2003

[lesroy]

Morning Lads,

Just spotted a Turf War print (Whinston Churchill) n the TOmTom website. Its unsigned and is going for £450.

This seems like quite a good deal, am I wrong?

[foundation]

Tomtom havent updated their site for a while now Lesroy, the prices in the shop have gone up, just not on the site, does draw folk in to enquire when the see the online prices though. The last I heard the turfwars in tomtom were about 600 ( though still not bad price).If you are interested get in touch with them. As you are starting out and keen on Banksy's a good bet at the moment is the Love rats / Virgin Mary / the rats with signs, as these all sold out relatively recently many to people whose sole intention was to sell them on rather than keep them, hence a regular flow of these prints through various markets. Allowing you to get more Banksy for your money. Good luck.

[Daniel Silk]

Last I heard they had all sold out But could be wrong

I wonder if some of these galleries are now starting to buy back pieces from ebay that they could have sold in the first place

[Curley]

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&item=160012033277&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

do these look real ? should they be numbered ?
can anyone advise ?

bids are low.

best Curley

[Daniel Silk]

curley said:

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&item=160012033277&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

do these look real ? should they be numbered ?
can anyone advise ?

bids are low.

best Curley

Before POW started printing stuff themselves they had some company do it up north and it seem some of the staff were a bit light fingered, so a few prints went astray and have now appeared on ebay that are not officially POW signed or numbered

So they are not fake, but they are also not official POW Banksy

[happydee]

But they are fools gold !!!!!

[foundation]

Not officially any Banksy!, prints stolen from printers, outside the recognised run and not sanctioned / authorised by banksy. They may look the same, and feel the same but they aint banksys. Fine if you want a pretty poster on your wall, not worth paying much for though, If you ask nice someone may photocopy their prints for you for a fraction of the price, both would be have about the same value.

[Daniel Silk]

I see that they are over £100 now

[Curley]

Fools gold....like it ;D

Think i rather have the real thing even if have sell my ........

[rolomonster]

Just Wondered There's Currently a Turf War And QE monkey framed on ebay, and the person that ended up with the prints only had one vote (from the purchase of that auction). I read some of the comments and he said he bought it from POW that its numbered; I'm not interested just wondered if those prints could have re-surfaced?

[beejoir1]

... yeah i kinda want it but it looks moody huh!

[Curley]

Here we go again.

Yet another QE Monkey and another Turf War on E bay.
I find it strange that they always seem to appear together.

Hardly any info to acompany the sale.
Seems to me that an awful lot went out the back door or have been copied.

[ABC]

cgi.ebay.co.uk/Banksy-Turf-War-Signed-number-56-750-With-provenance_W0QQitemZ160079259763QQihZ006QQcategoryZ360QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160079259763


cgi.ebay.co.uk/Banksy-signed-Golf-Sale-with-provenance-64-750_W0QQitemZ160079290756QQihZ006QQcategoryZ360QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160079290756

[ABC]

They are not mine, nor do I knows who they are, Just for info and debate.

[Cocteau 101]

do these look ok to everyone

[motor]

OK to me. Apart from being kept in tubes

[Zippy]

read the details on turf war and then think again.

[beejoir1]

Funky those two!

[foundation]

I do find it strange the large number of prints that have come out of the woodwork with pen signatures, there was a ver very small number of them for a long time, then presto, lots of em..

[finsburyparkranger]

They say pencil lasts longer than ink I think. So whats the final price going to be?

[manchestermike]

foundation said:

I do find it strange the large number of prints that have come out of the woodwork with pen signatures, there was a ver very small number of them for a long time, then presto, lots of em..

Worries me in a way, I bought my MQ (signed in pen) off the bay in mid 2005 and never thought to ask for provenance. If the time came to sell then I could have issues if there are a lot of dodgy ones about

[ABC]

The only issue I have with that turf war is that the white boarder is very thin around the edge. Mine is numbered in pencil on the white and not on the actual print. I think they are ok though, Not impressed how they are being handled in the photos though. You would expect at leat 4k IMO for each

[RBK]

Agree ABC - don't these people know how to handle prints? I mean... a tape measurer!

[theministerofsound]

foundation said:

I do find it strange the large number of prints that have come out of the woodwork with pen signatures, there was a ver very small number of them for a long time, then presto, lots of em..

I started thinking the same thing, until I saw the prices signed prints were going for. Far better multiples than the unsigned prints.

The number of signed prints, and the prices they are selling for, should make everyone a little bit more cautious.

[gbh]

these two were just relisted. They were up a few days ago then taken down.
dodge

[ABC]

What, listed as Unsigned then he noticed they were signed so he relisted them!!!
He Has a receipt from 2003 for the 2003,may be it checks out

[redfred]

I was under the impression that these should have the year ( 03 ) after the signature which these have not, but maybe Ime wrong.

[ABC]

Seem fine to me Ive just had an email back from him and the Date on receipt and prices seem correct for the time purchased. Shame about the way they are handled though.

[gbh]

is the iron tortoise in our midsts?

[finsburyparkranger]

Huh where did the prints go? Have they been pulled? Whats going on? I don't trust the prices on ebay as far as i can.... throw flowers at them.