hnkpnk
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by hnkpnk on Nov 3, 2019 12:31:29 GMT 1,
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/contemporary-curated/banksy-the-drinker
... "The Drinker was originally erected in March 2004 in a small square off Shaftsbury Avenue in London, but was subsequently stolen by the leader of the rebellious art group Art Kieda, Andy Link (known colloquially as AK47). The media coverage surrounding Banksy and AK47’s controversial art feud went international. Two years later, the work was mysteriously retrieved from Art Kieda’s lock up in an anonymous heist which left AK47 with nothing but the abandoned traffic cone from atop The Drinker’s head. A certificate for The Drinker was thereafter produced in 2008, and the work, now crowned with a new traffic cone, was later acquired by its present owner in 2014. Then in 2015, over a decade after its first debut, the work returned to the headlines once again, when Art Kieda produced an imitation of Banksy’s sculpture with some uncanny alterations in tow: titling it The Stinker, the group embellished this new rendition with a number of sardonic objects including a toilet seat and flush." ...
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/contemporary-curated/banksy-the-drinker... "The Drinker was originally erected in March 2004 in a small square off Shaftsbury Avenue in London, but was subsequently stolen by the leader of the rebellious art group Art Kieda, Andy Link (known colloquially as AK47). The media coverage surrounding Banksy and AK47’s controversial art feud went international. Two years later, the work was mysteriously retrieved from Art Kieda’s lock up in an anonymous heist which left AK47 with nothing but the abandoned traffic cone from atop The Drinker’s head. A certificate for The Drinker was thereafter produced in 2008, and the work, now crowned with a new traffic cone, was later acquired by its present owner in 2014. Then in 2015, over a decade after its first debut, the work returned to the headlines once again, when Art Kieda produced an imitation of Banksy’s sculpture with some uncanny alterations in tow: titling it The Stinker, the group embellished this new rendition with a number of sardonic objects including a toilet seat and flush."
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lv90210
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by lv90210 on Nov 3, 2019 12:50:49 GMT 1,
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/contemporary-curated/banksy-the-drinker... "The Drinker was originally erected in March 2004 in a small square off Shaftsbury Avenue in London, but was subsequently stolen by the leader of the rebellious art group Art Kieda, Andy Link (known colloquially as AK47). The media coverage surrounding Banksy and AK47’s controversial art feud went international. Two years later, the work was mysteriously retrieved from Art Kieda’s lock up in an anonymous heist which left AK47 with nothing but the abandoned traffic cone from atop The Drinker’s head. A certificate for The Drinker was thereafter produced in 2008, and the work, now crowned with a new traffic cone, was later acquired by its present owner in 2014. Then in 2015, over a decade after its first debut, the work returned to the headlines once again, when Art Kieda produced an imitation of Banksy’s sculpture with some uncanny alterations in tow: titling it The Stinker, the group embellished this new rendition with a number of sardonic objects including a toilet seat and flush."
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Strong starting bid last week, bloody ugly IMO but I think it will do well.
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/contemporary-curated/banksy-the-drinker... "The Drinker was originally erected in March 2004 in a small square off Shaftsbury Avenue in London, but was subsequently stolen by the leader of the rebellious art group Art Kieda, Andy Link (known colloquially as AK47). The media coverage surrounding Banksy and AK47’s controversial art feud went international. Two years later, the work was mysteriously retrieved from Art Kieda’s lock up in an anonymous heist which left AK47 with nothing but the abandoned traffic cone from atop The Drinker’s head. A certificate for The Drinker was thereafter produced in 2008, and the work, now crowned with a new traffic cone, was later acquired by its present owner in 2014. Then in 2015, over a decade after its first debut, the work returned to the headlines once again, when Art Kieda produced an imitation of Banksy’s sculpture with some uncanny alterations in tow: titling it The Stinker, the group embellished this new rendition with a number of sardonic objects including a toilet seat and flush."
... Strong starting bid last week, bloody ugly IMO but I think it will do well.
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avec art
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by avec art on Nov 3, 2019 13:30:00 GMT 1, In that picture, it's hard to tell the size. It looks like it could be 6 inches tall, and not the 86 it actually is.
In that picture, it's hard to tell the size. It looks like it could be 6 inches tall, and not the 86 it actually is.
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by Daniel Silk on Nov 3, 2019 13:42:10 GMT 1,
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Whitefish
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by Whitefish on Nov 17, 2019 16:18:10 GMT 1,
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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/17/row-over-sale-banksys-sculpture-drinker-sothebysThe Observer Artist who 'kidnapped' Banksy’s Drinker claims Sotheby's selling stolen statue Sculpture, which references Rodin’s The Thinker, was originally left in a small square off London’s Shaftesbury Avenue Emma Graham-Harrison Sun 17 Nov 2019 09.13 GMT First published on Sun 17 Nov 2019 A British artist claims that a £1m Banksy sculpture that is the centrepiece of a contemporary art auction this week was stolen from him and is being sold illegally. The Drinker is a subversive nod to Rodin’s The Thinker, the famous statue of a man lost in thought with his chin resting on his hand. Banksy’s sculpture has a similar posture, but the man seems collapsed in a drunken slump, with a traffic cone on his head. The piece was left in a small square off Shaftesbury Avenue in central London in 2004, placed there without planning permission, like almost all Banksy’s public work. Artist Andy Link, who also goes by the moniker “Art Kieda”, “kidnapped” the piece from its plinth, registered his “find” with police, and contacted Banksy for a ransom. The artist offered “£2 towards a can of petrol” to set the piece on fire; Link kept it in his garden. Three years later the sculpture – more than 6ft high and very heavy – was taken from Link’s garden while he was away. He went to the police to report the theft. The statue reappeared this autumn in the Sotheby’s auction catalogue for the 19 November Contemporary Curated sale, with an estimated sale price of £750,000 to £1m, the most expensive item in the sale. Sotheby’s said it was satisfied the seller had a legal right to put the piece up for auction. It said: “We consulted both the Metropolitan Police and the Art Loss Register.” Sotheby’s sale notes say the work was “retrieved” – suggesting it was taken from Link by Banksy or his associates. “The work was mysteriously retrieved from Art Kieda’s lock-up in an anonymous heist which left AK47 with nothing but the abandoned traffic cone from atop The Drinker’s head,” the catalogue said.
Banksy items are usually only sold as authentic if they carry a certificate of authenticity from “Pest Control”, which handles enquiries for the anonymous artist. Representatives for Banksy declined to comment.
Link said that, as the statue had been abandoned on the street, he had registered it with police, and Banksy had not asked for it back, his ownership should be clear. “I did the right thing, and reported it to the police,” he said, detailing the documents and case numbers he has kept over more than a decade. “I do not understand how Sothebys can sell this when I have such proof.”
But he said he could not afford to challenge the sale. “Lawyers are asking from £18,000 up just to take the case on, and I’m a struggling artist, just a working-class bloke. The police should be looking into this,” he said.
The police said: “The Met does not have an active criminal investigation into this matter.”
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Dice
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October 2011
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by Dice on Nov 17, 2019 18:37:16 GMT 1, How does it have a coa? Unless Banksy stoke it back?
How does it have a coa? Unless Banksy stoke it back?
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sijh
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by sijh on Nov 17, 2019 19:13:09 GMT 1, How does it have a coa? Unless Banksy stoke it back? I Suspect that is what is being implied.
How does it have a coa? Unless Banksy stoke it back? I Suspect that is what is being implied.
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19818914
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by 19818914 on Nov 17, 2019 19:25:40 GMT 1, That's hilarious. What an epic piece of art.
That's hilarious. What an epic piece of art.
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by Daniel Silk on Nov 19, 2019 11:29:09 GMT 1,
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toshspice
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by toshspice on Nov 19, 2019 11:50:03 GMT 1, The Drinker has disappeared from Sotheby's website. Looks like it's been pulled.
The Drinker has disappeared from Sotheby's website. Looks like it's been pulled.
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by Complex iCom on Nov 19, 2019 12:21:45 GMT 1,
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by londonliam08 on Nov 19, 2019 14:02:33 GMT 1, Sound's very much to me like an invite to liberate his gallery walls of its street art. Something glasshouse and throwing stones.
Sound's very much to me like an invite to liberate his gallery walls of its street art. Something glasshouse and throwing stones.
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pollz66
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Sotheby's to auction The Drinker, by pollz66 on Nov 19, 2019 17:32:28 GMT 1, The Drinker has disappeared from Sotheby's website. Looks like it's been pulled. Has annyone got any news on this? Did AK47 get his way?
The Drinker has disappeared from Sotheby's website. Looks like it's been pulled. Has annyone got any news on this? Did AK47 get his way?
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Pipes
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