[tonys]

it's 100% fake.

it's the same merchants as I recently saw in Venice. They are signed in the plate and come with a laughable COA too.

they are repros, £100 if that

[Lazarus II]

Who ever heard of an auction house not doing proper due diligence on the stuff they sell...

[tonys]

Dec 3, 2020 18:30:39 GMT 1 Lazarus II said:

Who ever heard of an auction house not doing proper due diligence on the stuff they sell...

I signed up a few years back for auction updates on Invaluable, there's probably a few hundred 'Banksy' notifications a week, most a repros/tat. They are sold as that tho, they aren't trying to be anything else other than knock off. That said, they are going the extra mile in producing crappy COAs to suggest that the print is a limited edition, a limited edition of tat.

[telecine]

Garbage

[LJCal]

Dec 3, 2020 17:48:56 GMT 1 @plurker said:

I was going some googling, and came across this Bomb Middle England

A number of odditites with it. It's a weird size - not the letterbox format for this print, it's numbered /300 so not the right edition no, the blindstamp isn't one I recognise.

The description says: Reproduction. Modern lithography finished by hand. Vivera ink pigment. Numeration in pencil. Printed Signature. Stamp of the Editor.

Assuming this is a just 'fake' essentially - how can an auction house take it on?

www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/banksy-bomb-middle-england-2003-2-c-5574837bff

I think the clue is in the description - reproduction 

[.dappy]

... there is a whole production line of these coming out of Alicante/Spain ...