Robbie Williams to auction off three Banksy originals

[Daniel Silk]

The Sun-

Rob's religious art spree

ROBBIE Williams has paid a graffiti artist £30,000 for a controversial painting of the Nativity scene.
It shows Mary and Joseph blocked from getting to Bethlehem by a graffiti wall — mimicking the Israeli barrier round the Palestinian territories.

Robbie spotted the painting by art hoaxer Banksy in a London gallery and bought it for his Chelsea home.

Other stars who snapped up 30-year-old Banksy’s work include Jamie Oliver and Damon Albarn.

Earlier this year he sneaked a picture of a caveman with a shopping trolley into the British Museum.

[dannyos]

Yeah, i checked that one out at Santa's Ghetto, i went there 4 times this year ;D
Dreaming one day of maybe owning something like that, and he comes along and drops 30,000 for it. haha.

[Daniel Silk]

I didnt get the chance to go to the ghetto this year

I think 30k could be a bargain! the way that prices are going I could see that picture being worth over 100k in a few years.

Was the picture priced up at 30k do you know?

[headphonesex]

I asked about it at the shop, and they said it cost 30 grand.

I was a bit short of change unfortunately so missed out that time!

,-)

When I went to crude oils I asked if any were still on sale - they said only the enormous Hopper pastiche at the back. Which was £50,000 if I remember rightly. Which is still probably a good bargain if you happen to have £50,000 knocking about to spend. As opposed to £50.

[eyekon]

Trust Robbie to mess it up for the rest of us!

[mido]

robbie is a funny bugger, despite all his detractors he has put a lot of money into charities in the stoke-on-trent area, via Comic relief ('give it sum')

[LoveRat]

Weren't the proceeds from the sale of this picture going to build an open air cinema against the Israeli/Palestine wall ? I think that's what I read at Santa's Ghetto.


Added by Admin - Interesting Does anyone know if thats correct?

[lesroy]

Does anyone know what Jamie Oliver bought?

[mido]

a bag of rocket....

he thought it was a post-modernist bansky statement

lesroy said:

Does anyone know what Jamie Oliver bought?

[slowmo]

? Bethlehem was on sale at Santa's Ghetto last eyar, 2005. It was for about £3-4k odd if I remember right, money going to palestinian charities. I weighed up buying it with my credit card, then realised I would have nowhere to put it and that it was an awful lot of money. Not even gonna bother with the hindsight remark

I guess people are mixing it up with the vandalised Tom Ormond?

[corblimeylimey]

slowmo said:

? Bethlehem was on sale at Santa's Ghetto last eyar, 2005. It was for about £3-4k odd if I remember right, money going to palestinian charities. I weighed up buying it with my credit card, then realised I would have nowhere to put it and that it was an awful lot of money. Not even gonna bother with the hindsight remark

I guess people are mixing it up with the vandalised Tom Ormond?

Most of the posts are from Jan 2006.

[headphonesex]

read the thread slowmo... the bethlehem picture cost £30,000

Even way back in christmas 2005 you weren't going to pick up a Banksy canvas like that for 3 grand.

The 'Flower Thrower' canvases were £7,500 for comparison.... and they were a stenciled edition of 25.

[slowmo]

its true, it was between 3-4k for charity at SG 2005

[headphonesex]

I asked at SG how much it was... they told me £30,000.

It was then reported in the papers as being sold for £30,000.


If you think you know better, than so be it. But you're wrong. If he was doing it for charity, why sell it for £25k less than it was worth?

[slowmo]

I must be wrong! Good job I didnt embarass myself by saying I would buy it. Apologies over the confusion, I will also have to stop telling people that Robbie Williams paid £30k for a £3K canvass!

[Daniel Silk]

Jan 16, 2006 17:37:31 GMT 1 Daniel Silk said:

The Sun-

Rob's religious art spree

ROBBIE Williams has paid a graffiti artist £30,000 for a controversial painting of the Nativity scene.
It shows Mary and Joseph blocked from getting to Bethlehem by a graffiti wall — mimicking the Israeli barrier round the Palestinian territories.

Robbie spotted the painting by art hoaxer Banksy in a London gallery and bought it for his Chelsea home.

Other stars who snapped up 30-year-old Banksy’s work include Jamie Oliver and Damon Albarn.

Earlier this year he sneaked a picture of a caveman with a shopping trolley into the British Museum.

This wasn't a bad buy was it ;D

[wiz]

Has he done anything since Mrs. Doubtfire?.

[etched]

Feb 23, 2009 11:57:11 GMT 1 @wiz said:

Has he done anything since Mrs. Doubtfire?.

;D

[remirough]

Feb 23, 2009 11:57:11 GMT 1 @wiz said:

Has he done anything since Mrs. Doubtfire?.

It's all about Bi centennial man...

[discoduster]

nanno nanno

[Everyone Owes]

Not sure if this has made the forum yet:

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/20/robbie-williams-sell-three-banksy-artworks-auction?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Kissing Coppers on his wall in this old thread:

urbanartassociation.com/thread/137796/celebrity-banksy-collectors

[Everyone Owes]

Girl with Balloon made its debut under Waterloo Bridge in London in 2002. In 2018, a canvas version of the image passed through a shredder inserted into its frame moments after it sold for just over £1m. The work’s “self-destruction” was a global sensation. Williams’s version from 2006 is depicted on metal, and is the first of its kind to appear at auction. It has a price estimate of £2m to £3m.




Kissing Coppers, which depicts two male British police officers in a passionate embrace, first appeared on the outside wall of the Prince Albert pub in Brighton in 2004. The original mural was removed in 2014 after being repeatedly vandalised. Williams’s version of the artwork is a painting on canvas from 2005, estimated to be worth £2.5m to £3.5m.




Vandalised Oils (Choppers), from 2005, features two military helicopters disrupting a serene pastoral landscape. It is part of a Banksy series that superimposes graffiti on classical oil paintings, and has an estimate of £2.5m to £3.5m.

[eD]

wonder why hes selling?

[Deleted]

Jan 20, 2022 15:29:26 GMT 1 eD said:

wonder why hes selling?

To buy some decent art?

Sorry sorry it’s just a joke .. put the guns away 😂

[Lazarus II]

Jan 20, 2022 15:29:26 GMT 1 eD said:

wonder why hes selling?

hes a member on here and has read many of the learned members saying the market is tanking so he’s bailing whilst he can still turn a bit of a profit.

[Bruno Art 99]

Selling his gaff for £6.75 million

[churchwood]

Jan 20, 2022 15:55:26 GMT 1 Bruno Art 99 said:

Selling his gaff for £6.75 million

Art's mad isnt it?

The three pieces he is selling would fit in the boot of an average car yet are probably worth more than his mansion

[kfroms]

Jan 20, 2022 15:55:26 GMT 1 Bruno Art 99 said:

Selling his gaff for £6.75 million

Thats “only” his country pile. He still owns and lives in his house in Holland Park ( if in UK which is not a lot )

[sandinista]

He spent all that Emi money?

[Pootle]

All great works