[daniel3886]

hi all,

I'm looking for a Signed Girl with balloon prepared to pay cash for a mint condition print with full provenance,

Input on what one one might be worth would be helpful too.I've never even seen one for sale anywhere if anyone knows someone who has one please pm me with their contact details

Regards

Danny

i'm also after an unsigned pulp fiction and micallef book feel free to pm with offers on both of these...

[manchestermike]

Signed GWB... I'd guess at £8,000 upwards, probably closer to £10,000

[BME]

Hi Daniel, Andpa had one recently, I think it was 12k but they might have upped the prices since the Bonhams bonanza...

[daniel3886]

cheers i'll give them a shout get ready for the poa nonsense!!!!!

[buffruffly]

i have a canvas of girl and balloon number 12/25 (it's about 30cm squared). Anyone know how much this is worth?? I bought it in 2003 from Santa's Ghetto

[monochrome]

buff - sit down.

you're looking at £35-45,000, yes that is thousand

[buffruffly]

......oh my god.....just got up from the floor. are you sure?

[Hoops]

Buffrufly
Hope you got a receipt or provenance as I dont recall that size being there, hhmmn then again you might be rightanyway I would have thought more like £12k- £18k

[buffruffly]

yeah, I have a receipt still and POW took my details so I should be on their records.

so, 12-18k or 35-45k? anyone know for sure?

[Hoops]

An Elephant of the same size recently went for £12500.
Laz was selling your image but on 2 canvases for £2500 ( pre the LA madness) .
At Southerbys a Gangsta Rat with a smaller run but larger size picture went for around £20k .

[monochrome]

Buff - Andipa Gallery were selling the same canvases from Ghetto for £45k, hence my conservative £35k.

Mike Snelle Gallery were selling Kids with Guns for £18k

The thing is the GWB is very sought after, if original and sold via a reputable Gallery with Provenance you will get £45k, however, you will only see £30k of that I reckon.

£12k is far too little for an important piece like this, and yes the duplicate image on two canvases was on sale for £2.5k - but that was close on a year ago now.

Insurance should be for £50k

[monochrome]

I will give you £10k if you want a quick sale tho.

[buffruffly]

thanks monochrome that's really handy to know and thanks for the advice. Much appreciated Not sure I'm going to sell it right now. Might just sit on it for a bit and hope the market doesn't crash! One thing I am going to do though is get it insured.

[Curley]

buffruffly said:

yeah, I have a receipt still and POW took my details so I should be on their records.

so, 12-18k or 35-45k? anyone know for sure?

If as you say you have all the receipts etc you have an extremely sought after item. its possibly one of his most loved works. Unsigned prints have sold for nearly £3,000 pounds on e bay. I have never seen a signed one on ebay let alone a canvas.

If i were you i would sell it through a gallery as they have people who would pay through the teeth for this. Phone Laz he will have a list as long as your arm of celebs that would pay......

Needless to say look after it and love it while you can justify still keeping it on your wall.

best c

[lesroy]

I would also take it to Laz and have some Provenance drawn up from him.

Congrats on an ace piece... just out of interest, how much did you pay for it?

[weststar]

i recently bought 2 similar canvases, if you are interwested in a serious offer, please email me at [e-mail]

[buffruffly]

thanks for the advice Lesroy and glad you like the piece. Considering how much it's worth now, I'm almost embarassed to say how much I bought it for. Suffice to say it was considerably less, but it was still a lot of money to me at the time. I'm glad to say that I did buy it for the love of the piece rather than for making money - in fact I almost walked away from it. But having heard this news today, boy am i glad I didn't......

[buffruffly]

thanks Curley

[Run Pig Run]

buffruffly said:

thanks for the advice Lesroy and glad you like the piece. Considering how much it's worth now, I'm almost embarassed to say how much I bought it for. Suffice to say it was considerably less, but it was still a lot of money to me at the time. I'm glad to say that I did buy it for the love of the piece rather than for making money - in fact I almost walked away from it. But having heard this news today, boy am i glad I didn't......

will you marry me?

[buffruffly]

maybe ;-)

[RBK]

bombhugger said:

buffruffly said:

thanks for the advice Lesroy and glad you like the piece. Considering how much it's worth now, I'm almost embarassed to say how much I bought it for. Suffice to say it was considerably less, but it was still a lot of money to me at the time. I'm glad to say that I did buy it for the love of the piece rather than for making money - in fact I almost walked away from it. But having heard this news today, boy am i glad I didn't......

will you marry me?

LOL BOMBHUGGER! Buffruffly - kudos on your pick up! That is what matters - that you originally purchased it because you liked the work - and had no intention/idea of its investment potential. You may want to consider selling it because you could probably buy 10 works from new artists that you like :-) My recommendation is that you should have it insured for at least 30K GBP.

[Hoops]

rklimek
everyone who was buying Banksy`s back in those days was buying because they liked the image.
But i also know that spending £300-£500 on a Canvas was also a big deal when you could buy prints for £40.
Monochrome......Antipida gallery sold a small flower thrower canvas and another canvas for £45K , but these were much smaller runs ...out of 5 I think, I saw them on the Wall behind his desk when I was dealing with him.
Just remember the Southerbys auction as that would probably be a good guide on prices.
Curley there have been a few signed ones go on ebay ( I even sold one myself ), but certainly not for a while

[buffruffly]

hoops, trying to convince yourself it's not worth as much as Monochrome is saying? do I detect some sadness that you sold yours?

[monochrome]

there hasn't ever been a signed Canvas of GWB on ebay - either the single canvas or the dual canvas.

the last signed GWB was pre LA madness and was pulled when it got to £2500. this print is up there with Christ, Radar etc - and I know that this print was sold some months ago by a London Gallery for £4,500 - again pre LA.

the print would be between £6-8k as it's the most 'acceptable' Banksy image to have hanging in the lounge. the canvas, well now you can see why it's desirable.

[Hoops]

buffruffly,

Not Really ,needed the money at the time and I still have one ( print not canvas) and a rat and a cwb and a diff canvas etc etc
I hope for you ( and me...no I dont have this image ) that the canvas is now worth £45K..It is certainly 1 of my favourite images.
I just always try to err on the side of caution as I find it is better to be surprissed by how much it makes above what I was expecting rather than to be disappointed by it not making as much as I had hoped.
Mono
Agreed there has never been a G +B Canvas on ebay.

I would actually put CWB and Radar in a league on there own...CWB is out of 82 and Radar is out of 75 whilst Girl + Balloon is out of 150 , But i would say £45K is just a little bit much .......We can agree to disagree though

[buffruffly]

phew, I bet you're glad you have the other canvas Hoops. I know I would be. Well, I'm getting a proper evaluation drawn up tomorrow so I hope to put my mind at rest tomorrow. I'll let you know the good or the bad news then.......

[101sinbad]

as the title suggests I'm looking for a GWB print, signed or unsigned. If you've got one and are interested in selling it.....let me know.


pm or mail me from my profile

ciao for now
S

[Curley]

If you've not already seen it, there's a really nice unsigned one on e bay at present.

[101sinbad]

cheers Curley

Just checked this morning and it's been pulled early....typical

Sinbad

[alvington89]

This one is listed...

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