Banksy Welcome Mat

[coller]

This seems to have came and went (for now). Surprised at how many people scoffed at these once they read "unlimited edition." Figured the work merited its own thread.

[Happy Shopper]

They're a nice item, for many reasons, unlimited or not.

[Inknart]

Oct 16, 2019 18:00:11 GMT 1 coller said:

This seems to have came and went (for now). Surprised at how many people scoffed at these once they read "unlimited edition." Figured the work merited its own thread.

Banksy does mysterious things. Maybe he just didn't want anyone who just cared about the profit to gobble them up initially. Smart, smart man. 

[touchdowntodd]

Totally agree

And I wouldn't be shocked if it doesn't come back m description changed several times. I definitely saw once it said 500 now, 500 later

[lv90210]

I saw 500 now then 500 later as well.

[beicoblack]

Oct 16, 2019 18:04:10 GMT 1 lv90210 said:

I saw 500 now then 500 later as well.

Will this be better than the Nara print?

[JW]

One on ebay already for $5,000!

Honestly, can't get rid of flippers and thy are going to be all over GDP but that's just disgusting.

[corbu]

This, and the early learning counting set, are the most powerful and hard-hitting pieces for me.

[Redbirds]

Oct 16, 2019 18:08:36 GMT 1 JW said:

One on ebay already for $5,000!

Honestly, can't get rid of flippers and thy are going to be all over GDP but that's just disgusting.

10k now

[lv90210]

Oct 16, 2019 18:07:20 GMT 1 beicoblack said:

Oct 16, 2019 18:04:10 GMT 1 lv90210 said:

I saw 500 now then 500 later as well.

Will this be better than the Nara print?

I'd say it has the legs...... ;-)

[Dive Jedi]

Oct 16, 2019 18:10:43 GMT 1 Redbirds said:

Oct 16, 2019 18:08:36 GMT 1 JW said:

One on ebay already for $5,000!

Honestly, can't get rid of flippers and thy are going to be all over GDP but that's just disgusting.

10k now

Crazy - it's an unlimited edition.
So in time everyone who wants one can order it on the website and donate to a good cause.

[Tax and Shipping]

Oct 16, 2019 18:19:41 GMT 1 lv90210 said:

Oct 16, 2019 18:07:20 GMT 1 beicoblack said:

Will this be better than the Nara print?

I'd say it has the legs...... ;-)

...not a duck then?

[bjoern]

unlimited for now, but one or maybe the most powerful item in the shop!

[Inknart]

So this is interesting....

Maybe part of the disappointment

Mat on window card said " From an Edition" and not classified as "Unlimited" like some of the others.

The cushion card said "From an edition of 50" and now says "Unlimited" on the GDP site.

[Tax and Shipping]

Oct 16, 2019 18:27:01 GMT 1 bjoern said:

unlimited for now, but one or maybe the most powerful item in the shop!

Agreed - I took my six year old down there on Sunday and as we were going from window to window talking to him about each of the works and what they meant etc. this was a particularly heavy one to explain...

[Aubrey 245]

great piece, probably might display it with a vest next to, just as shown on the photo.

[Tax and Shipping]

By the way did everyone notice the lifejackets aren't included? I'm pretty sure that wasn't there when i carted?

[laguy34]

Wouldn’t the biggest clue that it is more limited is the fact they are doing a waitlist. If it were just gonna come back wouldn’t they say “join our email to find out when it’s back it stock”. Why do a waitlist?

[kuni]

I'm stoked that I scored one of these. I mean, people pay $300+ for OE Kaws vinyls and he releases thousands of these for his own benefit. This is $650 for a licensed banksy and the money goes to a great cause. A win all around.

[eliopp]

Bought one. Don't care how many there are, it's an awesome piece with a brilliant story behind it and money goes to a great cause. No brainer.

Framing a door mat will be a bit odd though.

[Inknart]

Oct 16, 2019 18:49:15 GMT 1 eliopp said:

Bought one. Don't care how many there are, it's an awesome piece with a brilliant story behind it and money goes to a great cause. No brainer.

Framing a door mat will be a bit odd though.

I'm going Plexi Glass Case and hanging it in my entry way so it's the first thing you see walking in. 

[nobokov]

Oct 16, 2019 18:50:31 GMT 1 Inknart said:

Oct 16, 2019 18:49:15 GMT 1 eliopp said:

Bought one. Don't care how many there are, it's an awesome piece with a brilliant story behind it and money goes to a great cause. No brainer.

Framing a door mat will be a bit odd though.

I'm going Plexi Glass Case and hanging it in my entry way so it's the first thing you see walking in. 

I'm unraveling it to see if I can piece together a life vest.

[Adam The Collector]

Thrilled beyond belief with the purchase of one of these mats. They are easily the most spectacular work from the pop-up show when discussing the real importance behind the show's existence. Unlimited, hardly. These hand-stitched mats take a lot of labor and more importantly funds such an incredible cause. 9 women do the stitching!! Look into the company, read their "our story" on lovewelcomes.org. To all who bought one, congrats, you will never regret it.

[Shoreditch Shorties]

Oct 16, 2019 19:00:16 GMT 1 Adam The Collector said:

Thrilled beyond belief with the purchase of one of these mats. They are easily the most spectacular work from the pop-up show when discussing the real importance behind the show's existence. Unlimited, hardly. These hand-stitched mats take a lot of labor and more importantly funds such an incredible cause. 9 women do the stitching!! Look into the company, read their "our story" on lovewelcomes.org. To all who bought one, congrats, you will never regret it.

Really wanted one to support them but I couldn't afford it x

[Deleted]

Oct 16, 2019 18:22:03 GMT 1 Dive Jedi said:

Oct 16, 2019 18:10:43 GMT 1 Redbirds said:

10k now

Crazy - it's an unlimited edition.
So in time everyone who wants one can order it on the website and donate to a good cause.

Unlimited does not mean 'we'll keep on making them until everyone has one'. It means not restricted to a specific number.

Briefly wavered on this but so glad I bought it. As others have said, it's one of the pieces from the show that really sticks with you and, I think, sums up the whole message of the show perfectly. Given how hard it's going to be to get anything else from the show, to be able to just buy this, be it limited to 500, 1000 or 2000, is great. And of course it's raised a massive amount for a charity. Really thrilled.

Also, it's quite funny that the silly rumour that donating would give you early access to the shop turned out to be kind of true. Even better that almost everyone who donated will have done so because of the cause, not because they believed the silly rumour. 

[Adam The Collector]

Oct 16, 2019 19:00:59 GMT 1 Shoreditch Shorties said:

Oct 16, 2019 19:00:16 GMT 1 Adam The Collector said:

Thrilled beyond belief with the purchase of one of these mats. They are easily the most spectacular work from the pop-up show when discussing the real importance behind the show's existence. Unlimited, hardly. These hand-stitched mats take a lot of labor and more importantly funds such an incredible cause. 9 women do the stitching!! Look into the company, read their "our story" on lovewelcomes.org. To all who bought one, congrats, you will never regret it.

Really wanted one to support them but I couldn't afford it x

Times like this it is worth having an emergency credit card as an option!

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[lv90210]

Oct 16, 2019 18:25:37 GMT 1 Tax and Shipping said:

Oct 16, 2019 18:19:41 GMT 1 lv90210 said:

I'd say it has the legs...... ;-)

...not a duck then?

No quacking here....

[pellets]

If you donated to the charity prior to the shop opening you will be able to compare your donation order number to the mat order number. Not that it matters but just interesting to see where you fall in the first 500.

Its also amazing to think that each batch of 500 is worth c.250k to the charity!

[cnrdvln]

Oct 16, 2019 18:22:03 GMT 1 Dive Jedi said:

Oct 16, 2019 18:10:43 GMT 1 Redbirds said:

10k now

Crazy - it's an unlimited edition.
So in time everyone who wants one can order it on the website and donate to a good cause.

It'll be 1000 max or "500 now, 500 later"