[snakes]

No worries bobby, art should be for all to enjoy and if others add to the thread all the better for us i say!

[JD]

Thanks for starting this Snakes, top thread

[Martin Whatson]

It also looks like the banksy shop on his website is updated!! Been a while since ive checked it tho.

Nice thread.

[corblimeylimey]

You Told That Joke Twice



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[corblimeylimey]

I've scanned my Trolley print and made up a colour version, here's some pics at a good enough res for your home printer but not good enough to allow accurate forgeries.
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This one is actual res of the full sized scan.

[craigf]

Could someone pls post up the welcome to hell scan?

[dodge]

Anybody got a high res LIITA?

[lee100]

craigf said:

Could someone pls post up the welcome to hell scan?

Second that

[top]

..keep'em comin people,saving money hand over fist here! ;D ..will always pine for the real deal tho..

[phersny]

A good friend of mine had a hand painted monkey queen done on heavy card, signed banksy 2003. It def real, he needs to take it down to laz and get it authenticated. I'd like to by it off him. He thought it wasn't worth much, i informed him it was probably worth quite alot. He had it for some time hanging in his office with bluetack!!! Any guesses on what it may be work?

[BME]

My God! If its real an awful lot. Go to LAZ though- Steve should be able to verify authenticity and give you an idea about its value. How did he get it? Bluetack!!!? Do you have any pics, it would be wonderful to take a look.

[monkeypuzzle]

phersny said:

A good friend of mine had a hand painted monkey queen done on heavy card, signed banksy 2003. It def real, he needs to take it down to laz and get it authenticated. I'd like to by it off him. He thought it wasn't worth much, i informed him it was probably worth quite alot. He had it for some time hanging in his office with bluetack!!! Any guesses on what it may be work?

None at all until Laz has authenticated it.

[neutral]

Anybody knows if there is a fee to pay for an authentification and/or COA from Laz on peices like that ?

[cityman]

ask Laz to sell it for you.
if it's a 1 off, you're looking at over £100k easily

[hungrig]

No fee. However, getting authentication takes time (Laz has other things to do) and is only done irregularly. Waiting list as well, I'd imagine. See the FAQs on Laz's site.

www.lazinc.com/faq/

[hungrig]

cityman said:

ask Laz to sell it for you.
if it's a 1 off, you're looking at over £100k easily

Perhaps a little optimistic. I would say closer to £12K - £25K, depending on the size of this item and its condition (Blu-Tack grease marks?). Card will also sell for much less than a canvas.

[neutral]

hungrig said:

No fee. However, getting authentication takes time (Laz has other things to do) and is only done irregularly. Waiting list as well, I'd imagine. See the FAQs on Laz's site.

Cheers, I am sure he has other things to do...

[cityman]

Andipa one offs sold for over £100k hence my guess-timate
This has to be a 1 off as there are no others in the series as far as my knowledge goes.
The medium shouldn't be an issue, neither the marks on the reverse (as long as they are not visible) plus these can be expertly removed if required to.

[hungrig]

cityman,

Do you know whether the one-offs you're referring to actually sold for over £100K at Andipa, as opposed to simply being on sale for that amount?

Although the stock has changed during the current exhibition, I didn't see any unique pieces there at those prices other than larger canvases such as the detonator monkey and 'Laugh Now'. The 'Rude Copper' canvas was going for £75K.

Regarding the medium, my view is that it does impact upon price. I have seen Banksy paintings on card where the card was not much thicker than the paper used for a screenprint. Given the choice, I would always opt for a canvas, and I would also be willing to pay much more for a canvas.

Interesting comment about getting marks expertly removed. Is this possible with the grease stains from Blu-Tack? If so, it may make damaged prints that are sometimes available on eBay far more interesting.

[dmandpenfold]

i believe quite a bit can be done with restoration, just depends on how much you would like to pay, with a valuable print it would definitely be worth it.

[beejoir1]

Post a pic, of it and the sig!

[phersny]

I just emailed him to take a picture etc. It is def real - he is good friends with a girl who used to manage him and his friends have a lot of early banksy.... he thought it was worth a couple of grand. If he was not such a good friend i would have snapped it up and he would be none the wiser.... unfortunatly i cant do that for this guy!!!

[robstar]

Hello guys,

I'm back! I'm thinking of selling my Monkey Queen screenprint, it's an unsigned one and is from 2003, bought in a shop of Drays Walk off Brick Lane, London. It's numbered in pencil in the bottom right hand corner out of 750. It's framed in a black wood frame.

Let me know if anyone is interested? I'm just no longer a big fan of the image and have found a painting by a friend of mine who is up and coming painter, so I want to put the money towards that.

Cheers
Rob.x

[jam]

Ebay # 130106063797

Seems a very low price so I have been watching it. I emailed about cash on pick-up and he said no. He also lists the print in VA (USA) and his registration address is in GA (USA). Seems a bit shady... be careful if you were looking at it!

[worlddomination]

Thanks yes i was watching it too but I think you could be sending the money to a black hole

[tomhills1]

i can't see much wrong with this at all. the signature looks a little thick perhaps but besides the imperfections the seller has indicated, not a lot wrong IMO. the way to go forward is email the seller and ask for specific pics with a piece of paper with the user-id on placed in shot. if they can do this, i don't see much to be worried about.

maybe get a few opinions from a few different sources if you catch my drift.

[jam]

The print looks fine to me too... but I have seen many people shy away when the seller will not allow an in person pickup. This seller said I can not come get it myself.

I will send an email along to see about pics with his ID in them. Good idea!

[jam]

OK... he said no to extra pictures.

[wildbill]

I'm no expert but sounds a little shady to me.

I haven't seen too many of these so I'm not sure how different his sig looked from back then until now. The sig looks a little jacked up though.

Does anyone on here have a pic of one of these to compare to?

[dave313perry]

seems ok to me, i dont like people collecting from me usually, just always seems to inconvenience me, i wouldnt be too put off bidding but obviosly dont send a western union transfer to uncle bulgaria in nigeria, good luck cud be a gem