[craigf]

OK, the seller says they are the original buyer and they have good feedback, but other parts worry me.

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110272963567&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=001

It has a blind stamp - I've never seen a Barcode with one. It is a high number so it could be the last ones were stamped? What I can see of the numbering looks ok and it has the red stamp on it

300 weren't signed, but an easy mistake to make and not that significant

£120 spent on a perspex frame - looks like a £10 clip frame to me!!!

What does anyone else think? It could be legit and is currently very cheap

[doublehelix]

That frame won't have done the print any favours! And the £120 price quoted for what is obviously a cheap clip frame is very odd.

[RBK]

Some have the blindstamp craigf.

Agree the seller shouldn't have included the frame in the pictures.

[craigf]

Jul 30, 2008 15:28:04 GMT 1 RBK said:

Some have the blindstamp craigf.

Agree the seller shouldn't have included the frame in the pictures.

Thanks RBK, I checked on the print section here and possibly due to my incompetence could not find the normal clear and concise summary, but did see a post saying none were blind stamped

As for the framing, should have gone to MrFrameman

[bullet]

hmmm...

in summary i asked for full prov (not a covering email) and about the frame, here was the response

==

(1) with regards to provenance:
this was originally bought from POW a few years ago.... a long time before Banksy got as famous as he is now.. so, in all honesty, the provenance was not as important as I have imagined! At the time, all I got was a till receipt and the poster tube. I have just looked around for these and cant seem to find them. However, I can absolutely assure you that this is the genuine item.

(2)with regards to the frame
Yes, the frame it is in now (as shown in the pics) is a clip frame. This will be the one that it will come in-- I will be sending it WITH the frame as this will minimise any possible damage to it during transit. The £120 cost I quoted was the price I paid for the mounting and frame at the time-- apolgise for the confusion. In terms of technical details, all I know is that it is under a dry acid free mount.

Hope this answers all the questions

[RBK]

Mailing something flat is often prone to getting messed up. If any of you end up buying this print and are having it shipped - I would request tube within a larger tube no question.

[bullet]

its the fact its worthless without prov that worries me, there is to much of this going on with ebay at the mo.

[RBK]

Should be fairly easy to get provenance through POW if you get the sellers name, no?

[bullet]

Well he says he has a till receipt but that would not have contained his name and contact details if bought from a shop...

[redfred]

He says he is the original buyer and he bought from POW therefore his name will be on their database, get his name and check with POW, or am I missing something??

[snakes]

Jul 30, 2008 18:21:39 GMT 1 redfred said:

He says he is the original buyer and he bought from POW therefore his name will be on their database, get his name and check with POW, or am I missing something??

yep - the seller needs to get his facts straight.

I smell fish and I cannot see a fish

[dotdot]

I'd give this seller the ben of the doubt.

Shame about the frame though - you never know it
might be cool in the flesh ..

Anyone conf with - pow ?

I'll prob check this out in the morning.

As for prov with receipts etc.. that's imho a bit tad ott jb - but
hey if that's your bag go for it.

[RBK]

I would also give the seller the benefit of the doubt. Think someone is going to get a steal here (or maybe people are purposedly putting up smoke and mirrors to deter other bidders).

From the pics it looks good to me. Encourage the seller to dig deeper on the provenance and maybe even pay the small fee to obtain a historical bank/cc statement showing the purchase. You can always win an auction and request more provenance to make you feel better (worst case the deal doesn't culminate and you get one negative feedback).

[GB]

So he has just responded to me saying now it was brought by a "broker agent" and not by him..... he gave his name, which is honest. But this just doesnt add up.....

[bullet]

nah, he is giving different responses to things.

I would have bid on it if it was water tight and i was not going on holiday at 3am.

[funster]

Jul 30, 2008 23:12:54 GMT 1 bullet said:

nah, he is giving different responses to things.

I would have bid on it if it was water tight and i was not going on holiday at 3am.

Have a good holiday

[bullet]

cheers matey, good 'ol beach holidays - leaving all technical wizardry behind - they will probably drop a walker and banksy in the same week and i will be blissfully unaware!

[babyford]

Will be interesting to see what this goes for 10 mins to go
I loved some of the questions and answers on this piece
I hope it is genuine

[Deleted]

The seller seems to be skirting around the "Backing board" question.

[babyford]

Sold -£1071...Bargain if genuine
If only the seller he had kept the original receipt

[snakes]

acid-free dry mount.

I hope whoever won collects in person and gets to be able to remove from clip frame before cash handover.

That way they will be saving themselves a lot of money

[Guest]

seems like the owner is genuine, but does not know what he is selling. good luck who ever bought it.

[dotdot]

yeah i agree someone picked up a fine bargain - i missed
out - life called - and i forgot.

..

[lostplotter]

Yeah I hope it all checks out for the new owner, I manged to get print number out of him, intermediate buyers name and I was going to collect in person. Missed out by £20. Bugger bugger bugger.

[Guest]

It would be a good deal if you and the seller could take the print to POW to be verified as genuine. if not i think i would steer clear of such a bargain.

[lostplotter]

We are all such sceptics maybe it was just a good honest bargain

[G-Man]

If it seems to good to be true it probably is