[PC Baby]

I thought he used spray cans or industrial-sized tins of emulsion, loui 😳

[loui]

Oct 18, 2024 10:51:18 GMT 1 Lroy said:

Oct 18, 2024 1:02:56 GMT 1 drip said:

In all seriousness, Banksy has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

He should put together an auction, selling everything he still has related to Laz.

Anything at all.

Photocopies of crap, printouts of old emails, the OTHER burner phones, old Nokia chargers, that kind of stuff.

Each item comes with a certificate of authenticity, hand-signed by Banksy, watch him raise a fortune.

Sorry to quote you, I don’t know if it’s appropriate, but for me, since the beginning of ( maybe I’m wrong ) , Steve Lazarides looks sad, as a triste ( sinister ) sir, even his products that he is selling, even the Banksy looks sad, coming from him. Why ?
maybe because of these speculation, these indecent prices ( even Discogs or eBay are cheaper ), make me feeling that I’m an idiot.
Maybe he takes most of us as imbeciles, apart the ones who bought his sh.t with a lot of money : in fact they buy Lazarides, not Banksy. It’s insane at the end, it has always been. It’s like capitalism and I hate capitalism.

Sorry for the fan of Laz.


Even Westwood, McLaren, Jamie etc had the profile of honest and classy persons, despite their hyped way too. 

You are hitting the nail on the head Lroy. It would be fair if they’d let you know that you were the first to whom they mirrored themselves. The anti capitalism and punk Banksys? You were their role model. It’s the truth this. 

[loui]

Oct 18, 2024 11:39:52 GMT 1 dp said:

maybe one of the pirate Banksy exhibitions might step in and scoop the whole lot up, burner phones bog roll and all

Fingers crossed they won’t. Nor hessink or the moco 🥴

[Daniel Silk]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DBO6Et6AWsK

[Londown 01]

You are really making the "New Threads" and "New Posts" buttons obsolete

[artearte]

With out Laz banksy will had been nothing, and this fiction is going to prove it

[nick42]

Serious question here, if people will pay crazy prices for things from him just because they believe buying from him adds a certain level of value, what’s to stop him from partnering with others who use him to sell their stuff (real or not) for a percentage? Sigh. 

[Daniel Silk]

Oct 18, 2024 22:21:07 GMT 1 nick42 said:

Serious question here, if people will pay crazy prices for things from him just because they believe buying from him adds a certain level of value, what’s to stop him from partnering with others who use him to sell their stuff (real or not) for a percentage? Sigh. 

Do you mean like other ex POW artists?

[nick42]

No. Meant like collectors/flippers.

[Manty]

Oct 18, 2024 22:21:07 GMT 1 nick42 said:

Serious question here, if people will pay crazy prices for things from him just because they believe buying from him adds a certain level of value, what’s to stop him from partnering with others who use him to sell their stuff (real or not) for a percentage? Sigh. 

or him buying stuff from ebay and putting his COA on it

[kaimac]

Oct 18, 2024 21:45:34 GMT 1 artearte said:

With out Laz banksy will had been nothing, and this fiction is going to prove it

This is, as they say, bollocks.

Laz is an enormously skilled publicist. But a good publicist needs good product to begin with. Without Laz Banksy might not have scaled the commercial heights he did, but his work would still have been hugely popular, and he would have been a huge success.

[PC Baby]

Oct 18, 2024 22:44:37 GMT 1 Manty said:

Oct 18, 2024 22:21:07 GMT 1 nick42 said:

Serious question here, if people will pay crazy prices for things from him just because they believe buying from him adds a certain level of value, what’s to stop him from partnering with others who use him to sell their stuff (real or not) for a percentage? Sigh. 

or him buying stuff from ebay and putting his COA on it

depends what duress he's under and whether it's an ongoing thing

[Daniel Silk]

Oct 18, 2024 23:28:29 GMT 1 kaimac said:

Oct 18, 2024 21:45:34 GMT 1 artearte said:

With out Laz banksy will had been nothing, and this fiction is going to prove it

This is, as they say, bollocks.

Laz is an enormously skilled publicist. But a good publicist needs good product to begin with. Without Laz Banksy might not have scaled the commercial heights he did, but his work would still have been hugely popular, and he would have been a huge success.

Teamwork.
Banksy is good at what he does, and so it Steve Lazarides, they both have skills and talents, and if you put them together you have a winning formula. Both have strengths and weaknesses, it just depends on what people choose to focus on.

[loui]

Oct 19, 2024 0:40:03 GMT 1 PC Baby said:

Oct 18, 2024 22:44:37 GMT 1 Manty said:

or him buying stuff from ebay and putting his COA on it

depends what duress he's under and whether it's an ongoing thing

Well you always hope people wouldn’t push someone over such a limit ☹️

[Shoot Again]

Oct 18, 2024 22:44:37 GMT 1 Manty said:

Oct 18, 2024 22:21:07 GMT 1 nick42 said:

Serious question here, if people will pay crazy prices for things from him just because they believe buying from him adds a certain level of value, what’s to stop him from partnering with others who use him to sell their stuff (real or not) for a percentage? Sigh. 

or him buying stuff from ebay and putting his COA on it

I think this has been established as a FACT, some here have experienced it ! So if people are willing to give SL’s COA any substance for tats, photocopies and/or posters and pay hefty premium for that, he will have the last laugh for sure and I’m not sure we can be of any help to them ;-) I guess to each his own ! He will have more bills to pay (like all of us), whether it’s to refurbish what looks like a beautiful house (good for him) done by some expensive designer or to spend however he likes, so expect some more sh8 to come up later 😂 He will certainly be encouraged by how easy those items find new owners…

That being said, this doesn’t apply to those sketches or stencils of course which could be great additions to some collectors but are valuable only because they’ve been produced by Banksy himself, not because they come with some Laz COA 

[hdduyddfj]

Oct 19, 2024 11:19:42 GMT 1 Shoot Again said:

Oct 18, 2024 22:44:37 GMT 1 Manty said:

or him buying stuff from ebay and putting his COA on it

I think this has been established as a FACT, some here have experienced it ! So if people are willing to give SL’s COA any substance for tats, photocopies and/or posters and pay hefty premium for that, he will have the last laugh for sure and I’m not sure we can be of any help to them ;-) I guess to each his own ! He will have more bills to pay (like all of us), whether it’s to refurbish what looks like a beautiful house (good for him) done by some expensive designer or to spend however he likes, so expect some more sh8 to come up later 😂 He will certainly be encouraged by how easy those items find new owners…

That being said, this doesn’t apply to those sketches or stencils of course which could be great additions to some collectors but are valuable only because they’ve been produced by Banksy himself, not because they come with some Laz COA 

It will be interesting to see who the highest bidder for the photo albums will be. The newspapers,  one of the travelling Banksy shows or someone on behalf of PC. The media have deep pockets.
If Banksy released images beforehand I'm not sure there's much value then

[Dive Jedi]

Oct 19, 2024 11:19:42 GMT 1 Shoot Again said:

Oct 18, 2024 22:44:37 GMT 1 Manty said:

or him buying stuff from ebay and putting his COA on it

I think this has been established as a FACT, some here have experienced it ! So if people are willing to give SL’s COA any substance for tats, photocopies and/or posters and pay hefty premium for that, he will have the last laugh for sure and I’m not sure we can be of any help to them ;-) I guess to each his own ! He will have more bills to pay (like all of us), whether it’s to refurbish what looks like a beautiful house (good for him) done by some expensive designer or to spend however he likes, so expect some more sh8 to come up later 😂 He will certainly be encouraged by how easy those items find new owners…

That being said, this doesn’t apply to those sketches or stencils of course which could be great additions to some collectors but are valuable only because they’ve been produced by Banksy himself, not because they come with some Laz COA 

He bought one of my Banksy records from me on Catawiki.

[Unica]

It's not very honourable if there are pictures identifying the artist, I would imagine the agreement was that he was given access by the artist with the understanding that they can't be taken, published, shown if they are identifying. That trust will be broken if he does, it's all a bit desperate. What's to stop there being an endless supply of backdoor prints or Tenners being sourced and given COA's for the next 20 years. I think anyone buying these as an investment will regret in the long run. Surely a lot of these painting, stencils and notes belong to the artist still.. 
IMO the prints are in the backdoor print category and valued the same.

[Unica]

Oct 19, 2024 13:32:28 GMT 1 Dive Jedi said:

Oct 19, 2024 11:19:42 GMT 1 Shoot Again said:

I think this has been established as a FACT, some here have experienced it ! So if people are willing to give SL’s COA any substance for tats, photocopies and/or posters and pay hefty premium for that, he will have the last laugh for sure and I’m not sure we can be of any help to them ;-) I guess to each his own ! He will have more bills to pay (like all of us), whether it’s to refurbish what looks like a beautiful house (good for him) done by some expensive designer or to spend however he likes, so expect some more sh8 to come up later 😂 He will certainly be encouraged by how easy those items find new owners…

That being said, this doesn’t apply to those sketches or stencils of course which could be great additions to some collectors but are valuable only because they’ve been produced by Banksy himself, not because they come with some Laz COA 

He bought one of my Banksy records from me on Catawiki.

Proves the point, and possibly sold with a coa from the collection of....

[Lroy]

Maybe first this vinyl was mine ahaha

[Dive Jedi]

Oct 19, 2024 13:32:28 GMT 1 Dive Jedi said:

Oct 19, 2024 11:19:42 GMT 1 Shoot Again said:

I think this has been established as a FACT, some here have experienced it ! So if people are willing to give SL’s COA any substance for tats, photocopies and/or posters and pay hefty premium for that, he will have the last laugh for sure and I’m not sure we can be of any help to them ;-) I guess to each his own ! He will have more bills to pay (like all of us), whether it’s to refurbish what looks like a beautiful house (good for him) done by some expensive designer or to spend however he likes, so expect some more sh8 to come up later 😂 He will certainly be encouraged by how easy those items find new owners…

That being said, this doesn’t apply to those sketches or stencils of course which could be great additions to some collectors but are valuable only because they’ve been produced by Banksy himself, not because they come with some Laz COA 

He bought one of my Banksy records from me on Catawiki.

LOL !!
I just checked. It's actually IN THIS AUCTION...... whahahahaha.....

[drip]

Lot #173, the beetle stencil, is quite funny.

"Believed by Steve Lazarides to have been created by either Banksy or Paul Insect."

[Unica]

Oct 19, 2024 14:15:10 GMT 1 Dive Jedi said:

Oct 19, 2024 13:32:28 GMT 1 Dive Jedi said:

He bought one of my Banksy records from me on Catawiki.

LOL !!
I just checked. It's actually IN THIS AUCTION...... whahahahaha.....

Proves the point. 

[drip]

Oct 19, 2024 14:15:10 GMT 1 Dive Jedi said:

Oct 19, 2024 13:32:28 GMT 1 Dive Jedi said:

He bought one of my Banksy records from me on Catawiki.

LOL !!
I just checked. It's actually IN THIS AUCTION...... whahahahaha.....

That is priceless.

[Unica]

Oct 19, 2024 14:22:28 GMT 1 drip said:

I don't know anything about their relationship, but it's kinda sweet (and financially savvy, apparently), the way Laz even after their break-up, kept picking up new Banksy items for his collection.

Kinda like when you break up with a long term partner and they keep some of your old clothes, and also acquire some of your new clothes as time goes by.

Maybe entered the Welcome mat draw.

www.retrouvius.com/home-of-steve-lazarides-featured-in-house-and-garden-nov-24-issue/

[ursa]

What a sell out for (I do not know, but guess) a truthful follower and agent, hyped at the time - only in my humble opinion. Must be very tragic and tearful to decide on such an auction.
Apart from the personal side:
What I find interesting are the sketches and notes, e.g.: Banksy | Everytime I Make Love to You, I Think of Someone Else Original Concept Sketches
which gives some hints as to where (at the time) someone lived. Whoever it was / is?

[PC Baby]

Oct 19, 2024 19:06:08 GMT 1 ursa said:

What a sell out for (I do not know, but guess) a truthful follower and agent, hyped at the time - only in my humble opinion. Must be very tragic and tearful to decide on such an auction.
Apart from the personal side:
What I find interesting are the sketches and notes, e.g.: Banksy | Everytime I Make Love to You, I Think of Someone Else Original Concept Sketches
which gives some hints as to where (at the time) someone lived. Whoever it was / is?

I assume raising cash is the driving force; and yet it must be tragic and tearful (at least to my mind) to want to bid on some of these private notes and sketches that were clearly not meant for disclosure and remain highly personal between the artist and his (then) agent.

[StickOut]

I bought one of his di faces tenners many years ago and was always suspicious when it arrived with no mention of Banksy on the paperwork and it just saying it was from his collection.

Im interested to know what proof people have that he’s just attaching his provenance to third party purchase?

[Happy Shopper]

Oct 19, 2024 14:17:59 GMT 1 drip said:

Lot #173, the beetle stencil, is quite funny.

"Believed by Steve Lazarides to have been created by either Banksy or Paul Insect."

Does somewhat throw into question his reliability to authenticate doesn’t it!?
I’m on the side of Paul Insect.

[Wanchope]

I guess I keep wondering what is to say that the prints are just WCP prints but without the stamps, so could be brand new but saying it comes from him and whacking silly price tags on ?? It’s a possibility right?