Banksy's on eBay • Real or Fake?

[kwatis]

EVERYTHING from seller:walledoff.hotel is unauthorized by the actual hotel. There’s a couple other threads with info pertaining to this seller (search Pearly Gates).

Stay clear!

[irl1]

Feb 7, 2022 22:25:22 GMT 1 amsterdam22 said:

What the hell is this

www.ebay.nl/itm/Banksy-The-Walled-Off-Hotel-Original-Print-Limited-Edition-Banksy-Turf-War-Cow-/313866611451?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m2548.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

Posted here before, fake like all the other *hit he's selling


www.ebay.nl/sch/walledoff.hotel/m.html?item=313866611451&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2562

[bluebell]

Feb 7, 2022 22:40:13 GMT 1 irl1 said:

Feb 7, 2022 22:25:22 GMT 1 amsterdam22 said:

What the hell is this

www.ebay.nl/itm/Banksy-The-Walled-Off-Hotel-Original-Print-Limited-Edition-Banksy-Turf-War-Cow-/313866611451?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m2548.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

Posted here before, fake like all the other *hit he's selling


www.ebay.nl/sch/walledoff.hotel/m.html?item=313866611451&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2562

how can we sort people like these faksters out! They are just conning people who want to get into the banksy market at low price. I don't think it is fair to say people should do their research, because these idiots are con men. No worse than all the rest of the people who try phone scams etc. They need sorting out with baseball bats and the like.

[irl1]

Feb 7, 2022 22:54:37 GMT 1 @teacherabc said:

Feb 7, 2022 22:48:02 GMT 1 bluebell said:

how can we sort people like these faksters out! They are just conning people who want to get into the banksy market at low price. I don't think it is fair to say people should do their research, because these idiots are con men. No worse than all the rest of the people who try phone scams etc. They need sorting out with baseball bats and the like.

I have reported their items on Ebay- the more that do this the better.

His business address is fake too. Would that be enough for ebay to ban him

Business Seller Information


THE WALLED OFF HOTEL

NLAG, Building Preston Street.

Preston Street

Fleetwood

Lancashire

FY7 6YES

United Kingdom

[amsterdam22]

Thought I've seen this one on this forum already:

www.ebay.nl/itm/BANKSY-AUTHENTIC-STOP-ESSO-DONT-PANIC-POSTER-ARTWORK-UN-SIGNED-FRAMED-RARE-/284650927488?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

[Daniel Silk]

Has Banksy become the most Faked Artist in the World? 🧐

With his huge popularity Worldwide, yet now serious official releases for years, the demand has grow so crazy that the number of fakes in the marketplace is incredible! Plus most come with Fake COA 🙄

Does any other artist have a greater number of fakes in circulation?

Discuss!

[ant0187]

This isn't on ebay... but I'm guessing this is too good to be true and with no provenance could easily be faked
www.charitystars.com/product/grim-greaper-wrong-war-2003-placard-by-banksy?utm_source=facebook-ads&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=UK_PROS_Banksy_Auctions_300622_TopGeos&utm_content=UK_PROS_Banksy_Auctions_STA_Banksy&fbclid=IwAR1puXhB-SgixNdHVXg58aqIokgoN6P9TMlqLQLBhVgg3iDm_qk4btCT3ow

[Wanchope]

It has some signs of being genuine ( sticker and holes where it would have been attached to the stick), but all looks too fresh and clean to me, so I’d be steering clear for what it’s worth 

[T-Bro]

This user appears to selling very fake/knock off flyers and other banksy tat.

People have been parting with near £500 for a fake flyer that clearly looks like a blue peter attempt using teabags to age the paper - and they appear to have a wedge of them as they keep selling them...

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185489194421?hash=item2b30047db5:g:zcQAAOSwFHdi3pkc


www.ebay.co.uk/sch/art-gallery-88/m.html?item=185489194421&hash=item2b30047db5%3Ag%3AzcQAAOSwFHdi3pkc&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2046732.m1684

Putting on here for awareness

[Daniel Silk]

Tritinium, 797 items sold! 😳

www.ebay.co.uk/usr/tritinium

Scary to see all these auctions for fake Banksy prints getting so many bidders.



They also have fake Picasso and Keith Haring piece! 😳
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/tritinium/m.html?item=255764452107&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2562

[Icesay]

Thanks for the heads up! I definitely won't be looking on ebay at those links. We just cannot get allow ourselves to get sucked in to this fraudster. Something must be done to stop unsuspecting collectors being manipulated. Don't ever buy Banksy prints really cheaply, they probably won't be real.

[jaws2000]

I see William George at it again with Banksy cardboard stencils,check the ticket out for spelling mistakes

[Extra Ball]

I believe that there is nothing more to do for these buyers! If these guys are not able to do a little research before buying and to show a minimum of common sense... They will wake up with a hangover and it will only be deserved

[Acme Thunderer]

Oct 9, 2022 3:08:41 GMT 1 jaws2000 said:

I see William George at it again with Banksy cardboard stencils,check the ticket out for spelling mistakes

“International Art Clearance”. 🤣🤣🤣 

auctions.williamgeorge.com/auctions/8334/wi414980

[kdrlly]

Current bid £1500!! Surely the description is fraudulent. Sold as Genuine.

“Title: Pair of Original Banksy Artwork

Description:
7533 - Pair of Banksy Dismaland aerosol and stencil on cardboard bears the mention "BANKSY IS DISMAL" with a stamp from Dismaland. Image size both approx 30x20cm (two police and girl with balloon) supplied with a copy of the entry ticket and Dismaland colour brochure. Framed and glassed on both sides, you can view each piece's reverse. Dismaland was a temporary art project that took place during the months of August and September 2015, taking the form of an amusement park. Created by English artist Banksy, it is located in the seaside resort of Weston super-Mare, England, on the site of a former recreation area. These boxes were strewn in the park, and visitors finding them could leave with them from a Dismaland collector. W: 46cm H: 54cm D: 2cm
An incredible opportunity to secure some rare original art and limited edition prints”

[reeder77]

Bought this at a garage sale in Philadelphia. Signature looked great and the paper is just incredibly thin and almost hand woven. Just didn’t seem like the paper one would use for a forgery. And the date added to the signature seemed a bit odd for a forger as well.  Pics attached. Anyone have a thought on this? Best find imaginable or waste or money?

if anyone would know, it’s the folks on here.

thanks in advance!

[cemltz]

Unfortunately, I suspect that is not real. Pretty clear hesitation throughout that signature. They got the B and the A and half the N down, but connecting the trailing half of the N to the K and S smoothly is the key challenge. They pretty much blew it there.

Sorry.

[Deleted]

Fake

[Pete the Post]

Sig doesnt look great.

But in fairness, if anyone will know, its pest control. This place has been wrong about this before, when the "defo fake" canvas went to PC it was real.

[avec art]

looks like hand made paper. You can buy that or make it yourself, but hand made rather than produced in a factory

[irl1]

Feb 4, 2023 10:10:45 GMT 1 Pete the Post said:

Sig doesnt look great.

But in fairness, if anyone will know, its pest control. This place has been wrong about this before, when the "defo fake" canvas went to PC it was real.

I remember having this on watch and was going to bid but changed my mind

Sold for $2,000 on March 26th 2020

www.liveauctioneers.com/item/82704785_banksy-attrib-spray-paint-stencil

Then 13th May 2021 sold in Sothebys for $352,800

Millea Brothers Auctions, New Jersey, 26 March 2020, Lot 1025

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/contemporary-art-day-auction-2/radar-rat

Will never forget seeing it in Sothebys 

[STP]

It's 100% fake.

[avec art]

It appears to be a digital printout on handmade paper, perhaps to try to make it appear more natural, who knows. It's also numbered, and we all know there is no record of an edition like this.

The stencil which was picked up at liveauctioneers is something altogether very different.

[LJCal]

Feb 4, 2023 12:32:37 GMT 1 irl1 said:

Feb 4, 2023 10:10:45 GMT 1 Pete the Post said:

Sig doesnt look great.

But in fairness, if anyone will know, its pest control. This place has been wrong about this before, when the "defo fake" canvas went to PC it was real.

I remember having this on watch and was going to bid but changed my mind

Sold for $2,000 on March 26th 2020

www.liveauctioneers.com/item/82704785_banksy-attrib-spray-paint-stencil

Then 13th May 2021 sold in Sothebys for $352,800

Millea Brothers Auctions, New Jersey, 26 March 2020, Lot 1025

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/contemporary-art-day-auction-2/radar-rat

Will never forget seeing it in Sothebys 

yeah remember this, everyone thought it was fake on here. TBH given the auction house so did I. 

[LJCal]

This one is fake though, not been an edition published like this certainly not one with 150 impressions. Hang-up have a fairly concise list of his editions for future reference (although I believe a couple of obscure and small editions are missing, this not being one).

[Pete the Post]

Feb 4, 2023 12:32:37 GMT 1 irl1 said:

Feb 4, 2023 10:10:45 GMT 1 Pete the Post said:

Sig doesnt look great.

But in fairness, if anyone will know, its pest control. This place has been wrong about this before, when the "defo fake" canvas went to PC it was real.

I remember having this on watch and was going to bid but changed my mind

Sold for $2,000 on March 26th 2020

www.liveauctioneers.com/item/82704785_banksy-attrib-spray-paint-stencil

Then 13th May 2021 sold in Sothebys for $352,800

Millea Brothers Auctions, New Jersey, 26 March 2020, Lot 1025

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/contemporary-art-day-auction-2/radar-rat

Will never forget seeing it in Sothebys 

There was also a grenade canvas on here years back.

Didnt spot the one above even had an edition number, that does make it very doubtful to say the least. Wasnt that convinced, but still think PC are better to ask. 
 

[cemltz]

You will see I made no comments on the art itself. Given what was going on back in the day, I can assure us all that we have no idea what these guys may or may not have made. There are some pretty sketchy and low “quality” real works out there. That is why they don’t authenticated street art and ephemera.

And there are also botched signatures - missed letters, erased and resigned - with full PC authentication.

But this is different, and folks who look at signatures will notice it immediately. Easiest way to think about it is that this sig was written slowly: the only way to get some of those kinks in the middle of lines and perfect stroke ends is to move the pencil slowly. Which is not how people sign things. Definitely not the folks that Banksy had sign for him. 

Let that be a lesson kids: if you are going to forge a signature, a poor version done quickly and smoothly will always be better than a good version done slowly.

[reeder77]

I’ll pest control it. The frames are cheap. Which is a red flag. But it just “feels” real.. if that makes any sense.

Just seems like an odd image size and paper choice to create a fake. But the edition numbers on it imply many out there. So pest control will either know if it or won’t. The date in the signature is 05. So would be a long time ago. So that puts it pre LA 06 show if real.

[hnkpnk]

@avec art and @ljcal

What makes you think it’s an edition? The 05 number is surely a year. Not that I believe it’s real.

[avec art]

There's an edition number on the far left of the page hnkpnk