Banksy Get Out While You Can Print

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Having made a couple of previous purchases from linguiny I can say first-hand that he is a great guy to deal with - buy with confidence

[linguiny]

Please bare with me people I'll be going through all my pms this evening.

Banksy is now sold pending payment

[Zippy]

Nice pieces linguiny and great to see everything framed and hanging.

Great guy to deal with.

[met]

Mar 14, 2015 13:31:33 GMT 1 linguiny said:

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DOC Canvas with COA – I took this as part of a trade so I'm looking for £150 (Cost approx £250)



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Incredible. What a discovery. 

The uniqueness of the piece is that it features clearly identifiable elements from two distinct phases in DOC's artistic career:

(i) "Adam Neate's painting style is pretty cool. And it can't be that difficult to replicate."

(ii) "OMG! Look what happens when I add paint to bubble wrap and press it against a canvas."


This work therefore is arguably the art equivalent of a transitional-fossil find in evolutionary biology or palaeontology. It's a missing link, and very exciting indeed.

[Segment]

Ok peeps here is my dilemma,, i currently have my Banksy "get out while you can" Rat with Mr Bignal and been given a very hard choice when it come to its restoration! Ive copied the mail from Graham below...


Hi Sam
We have been looking at your print "get out while you can" /175 which has strong light burn to the margins.
It is a bit of a dilemma for us, so we would appreciate a view from you.
In order to remove or reduce the light burn we would have to bleach the overall sheet, but we cannot tell how the pink will respond to this. It may get lighter or it may stay the same, we just cannot tell until we do the work. If we go ahead and try it we will monitor the colour changes if they occur and stop the process. On the other hand it may be fairly straight forward. Do you want us to try?


Ive attached a pic below so you can see for yourself, not the greatest light i know!




Soooo, your thoughts please? Do i?

A, Leave it and get it re-framed (properly this time!) covering the damage lines and continue to enjoy one of my favourite pieces.

B, Go for it and cross my fingers!

[therivler1]

for the love of christ, leave it alone. frame out the damage lines

[Fish in the Sea]

Depends on how much you bought this print for I guess.
If you got it on release then my vote would be to reframe and keep enjoying

[Matt]

I feel for you mate, shitty situation.

It's an old Banksy, it has lived its life, so I would consider the marks as part of the history and nicely frMe it out with museum glass this time !

[Segment]

Apr 2, 2015 19:21:18 GMT 1 Matt said:

I feel for you mate, s**tty situation.

It's an old Banksy, it has lived its life, so I would consider the marks as part of the history and nicely frMe it out with museum glass this time !

Yeah i bought it for 75quid back in the day and stuck it in a standard frame, then buggerd off round the world for a few years not even giving it a second thought that it was near a south facing window!
You live and learn eh!

[Coach]

If this were mine, I would go option A.
And kudos to you for buying back in the day!!

[Lesson1]

I'd float it like that. Just looks like it has a darker shade around the edge.

[Deleted]

Cover up the area that was exposed, leaving the darker area. Put it back on the wall and go back round the world - this time the other way. Hey presto - on your return you'll have a print with a uniform paper colour.

[Art Fan 2011]

Frame it, and keep the "original" feel to it, your other option could end in tears. Re-frame and continue to enjoy!

[.dappy]

... A ...

[WILLYBKLN]

A.

Plus, it gave it some character...enjoy it for what it is. 

[Deleted]

float it, and put it near a sun lamp for a few years

It may even out? Maybe? It could work, couldn't it?

Or just leave it

I would have thought the numbering would be a worry if it was bleached

Nah, bleach it, and let us know how you get on,

Good luck

[Dexter Bulldog]

wow- you got it for 75 quid, its a no brainer go with A

it can still be enjoyed in a frame this way. why risk disaster the other way

[alittle]

I'd go for the restoration.

[Cornish Crayon]

Apr 2, 2015 19:42:04 GMT 1 @headfall said:

Cover up the area that was exposed, leaving the darker area. Put it back on the wall and go back round the world - this time the other way. Hey presto - on your return you'll have a print with a uniform paper colour.

You sir, are borderline genius.

[wishingiwaslucky]

A all the way, it's probably looking a little aged, but it is, if you go B you may end up with one odd looking rat which you can go nowhere with and not enjoy.

Sad, but glad you got it at the early price. It's still what it is.

[Cornish Crayon]

Joking aside, I'd be more worried about the black fading as the pink would only get lighter the black would look awful

Leave it and float mount it with it all on show........ Bit like a ratty vw with mint alloys

[iamzero]

Completely agree with Cornish. It has a story to tell. Just float mount and enjoy.

[Hubble Bubble]

Love it like it is. It's a Banksy and you were there back in the day. You have the scars to prove it.

Kudos.

[Deleted]

Hey Segment considering the buying price I would go restoration.

This said....

At the end, it depend how professional the company and there are few things to be known

Basic standard paper restoration involved bathing in distilled water. Beachl is also commonly used to clean paper because it works well. But I would still be carefull with bleaching. In regards of alteration of color, you can ask to test it before doing the all process but it should be fine under monitoring and after testing... also a longer bath on the bottom and right part of print would be good (see vid just need to incline the paper in bath or spray more in this area).

But note that people looking for good restoration (or conservation) will always remove the acidity from paper by washing it under distilled water (lot of it) and doing at least one alkaline bath of ph9 or 10 to neutralise the paper. Reason is that strong bleaching (or any acid) is bad for the paper in long term.

To cut it short, ask how strong the bleaching is, which one they use, also if they can do light bleaching on less brownish parts... and if bleaching needs to be remove with distilled and akaline water baths

check under bleaching - www.collectorsguide.com/fa/fa010.shtml
to bleach or not to bleach - cool.conservation-us.org/byorg/abbey/an/an13/an13-5/an13-516.html
always test before full bath -

[dotdot]

..interesting conundrum.

Second opinion ..?

[Ruggs]

Easy for me to say I know but I think if it was mine i'd go for it especially as it was purchased for £75.00. I think Graham Bignell is a very good restorer, and his words are erring on the side of caution, but I reckon he sounds more optimistic rather than pessimistic about the restoration to be undertaken. I think if he could make it even 75% better i'd go for it. It'll still be worth in excess of £2k. Framing wise i'd float it, don't put another matboard on it. This is my 'Love Rat'.

[chads007]

Tempted to leave it...part of the banksy story with people loving the images and treating them as cheap posters in cheap frames. ..and your story with your time travelling ..

[naughtyshorty]

Leave it as is. Great image and great story. Old school banksy bought for the love of art and kept how most people would have done...

[Dr Plip]

Personally I'd leave it as it is and go for conservation rather than restoration. Let it grow old gracefully. We all pick up signs of age along the way. But it's your print and you'll know what you can live with.

[Deleted]

If i were you, i would sell it to me and let me take that decision.....