[RBK]

Whomever snagged this at 4.5K got an incredible bargain! Nice work!

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220270615498&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=012

[junkieart]

Blimey!! why would he sell it so cheap? Its surely worth 9+?
Like the ebay watching RBK can you give me the heads up?? You always see the bargains!

[RBK]

That seller is retarded if you ask me. He must really need the money fast - because that could easily get at a minimum of 6-8K at a bootleg auction house.

[junkieart]

I know times are bad but still thats got to be worth nearly 10K? I think the us where going for about 3.5k 12 months ago! Sold my WSM last year for 9K (was offered 12k by Andipa gallery but thought I'd do my business partner a deal, now feel quite bad) now not reaching 7K. This was one of my favs behind GWB whats happened? Thats a crap price but wish I had seen it would have ripped his arm off!!

[RBK]

Had I known the seller would have accepted that low an offer I would have bought it and sat on it as an investment - no joke.

Above I said a minimum of 6-8K. It could easily be 10K+ in a heartbeat. Congrats to whomever got it if you're one here.

[snausages]

And not only that, a year ago 4.5GBP would have been a tad over nine thousand us dollars, right now it would have only been about $8400! Finally the dollar is showing a tiny bit of strength. Sh•t! I would have bought it for $8400!!!

[Heavyconsumer]

Flabbergasted! What a dumb-arse seller. These were £10-13k not long ago, what is he thinking?!

[craigf]

I was pretty surprised when I saw the £3.5k drop the seller was happy to accept from the original BIN. Barcode for Police kids money, unbelievable!

[Coach]

Anyone here pick that up? If so, nice one - best bargain I've seen all year - or am I missing something?

[RBK]

Aug 23, 2008 0:05:53 GMT 1 @havana07 said:

Aug 22, 2008 22:53:46 GMT 1 Heavyconsumer said:

Flabbergasted! What a dumb-arse seller. These were £10-13k not long ago, what is he thinking?!

Nothing dumb ass about it, its a fake. Pure and simple.

Why do you think that havana07?

The auction does state: "I will provide the purchaser with a complete and unquestionable provenance for this print. This will include the name in which the print is registered with POW, any receipts/paperwork plus a signed letter from myself detailing the history and provenance of the print."

[arcam]

Sig looks fine to me but not seen a stamp like that.

[Prescription Art]

I think it looks genuine. The sig certainly looks right.

[Heavyconsumer]

Aug 23, 2008 0:05:53 GMT 1 @havana07 said:

Aug 22, 2008 22:53:46 GMT 1 Heavyconsumer said:

Flabbergasted! What a dumb-arse seller. These were £10-13k not long ago, what is he thinking?!

Nothing dumb ass about it, its a fake. Pure and simple.

Of course IF it's a fake, then the guy's done pretty well out of a "worthless" piece of paper, but I see no reason to doubt the authenticity, except the suspect price. Maybe the guy's desperation for cash got the better of him, perhaps it was a mistake of some kind (people do take drugs and drink and make questionable decisions at times), or maybe there's some stranger reason. Imo, taking this price for what looks to be the real deal is a less than smart move on the seller's part!

[jB]

or maybe he bought it at 75 quid and feel that this return in acceptable, although not ideal for us, is ok for him -- its nutty i know

[wodger]

The only dumb asses are those that are moaning about the low price. If you feel so strongly why did you not bid and snag a bargain?

[Heavyconsumer]

hahahaha - moaning? OK boss! He's one smart cookie selling for thousands of pounds below the recent sale prices of the same print. Yes sireee!

Someone bought a great product at a very very nice price. If it's legit, more fool all of us, the buyer has done extremely well and good luck to him. What's your problem Wodger, you miseryguts? ;D

[iwouldfollow youanywhere]

maybe he just aint as greedy as you fuckers.

nice return on £150 if you ask me. but then you probably didn't know the time when they cost that little, right?

[wodger]

I should think all those that have an appreciation of Banksy would be pleased that the over inflated price of his work of 12- 18 months ago has now dropped to a more realistic and affordable level. Thus giving people a better chance of owning a piece. It seems to me that you are more interested in the price of his work more than anything else

[Heavyconsumer]

Barcode is my favourite Banksy image by a country mile. I hope it drops even further in price to be honest. I might even be able to afford one - I would sell lots of my favourite art for that priviledge of getting one - and have recently been thinking of going after an unsigned one actually. That doesn't detract from my incredulity that ANYTHING can sell one day for £13,000 and a couple of months later a seller of the same item would accept around a third of that! Greed doesn't come into it - if he/she'd put it up in an auction format with no reserve, do you honestly think it would have sold at that price? It strikes me as a case of very poor sale strategy.

Iwouldfollowyouanywhere - yeah maybe you're right - it's obviously greedy to want to get the market value for something one is selling, but it reads more like you don't really care what anyone thinks, you just couldn't miss an opportunity to say "I've been around longer than you and my collection is bigger and better." Maybe your knob is bigger than mine too, but I'm not bothered. I hope it brings you pleasure.

If the fact is lost on you guys that this seller has agreed a deal which stands out as very low in value, by comparison to others, then fair enough. If you don't think it's remarkable why are you posting comments on the thread? I stand by my comment that I think the seller's a silly bugger, I suppose this is because the amount of cash being discussed, may be more significant to me than some of you. Make no mistake, I would love to see these going for sub-£3k!

I look forward to your next judgement! Have a nice day!

[spirit]

Aug 23, 2008 14:30:42 GMT 1 wodger said:

I should think all those that have an appreciation of Banksy would be pleased that the over inflated price of his work of 12- 18 months ago has now dropped to a more realistic and affordable level. Thus giving people a better chance of owning a piece. It seems to me that you are more interested in the price of his work more than anything else

Except those that bought 12-18 months ago who probably wouldn't be so pleased. The boundaries of "realistic and affordable" are different for everybody.

[Heavyconsumer]

Agreed Spirit.

What's with these wankers that think they can look down their noses at others because they knew who Banksy was first anyway? It's as if they measure their value as a human being by how many prints are on the wall or what they're worth! This seems to go against the whole way of thinking Banksy is trying to promote through his art and his good deeds imo, in fact that's quite ironic, maybe he'll do an image of some cuunt surrounded by a complete collection of Banksy prints looking down on the rest of the world, all the smaller, inferior people below!

[havana07]

Aug 23, 2008 0:39:54 GMT 1 RBK said:

Aug 23, 2008 0:05:53 GMT 1 @havana07 said:

Nothing dumb ass about it, its a fake. Pure and simple.

Why do you think that havana07?

The auction does state: "I will provide the purchaser with a complete and unquestionable provenance for this print. This will include the name in which the print is registered with POW, any receipts/paperwork plus a signed letter from myself detailing the history and provenance of the print."

Empty words..... Unlike mine. )

[redfred]

Same seller just pulled a signed B/W Trollies that he had listed for 24hrs- I smell fish!!

[ninja]

Which now seems to be back up as a 3 day auction:

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220273279986&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_RCRX_Pr3_PcY_BID_IT&refitem=220270615498&itemcount=3&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&usedrule1=CrossSell_LogicX&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget&_trksid=p284.m183&_trkparms=algo%3DCRX%26its%3DS%252BI%26itu%3DUCI%252BSI%26otn%3D3

[alsbabar]

******** FAKE ALERT - DO NOT BUY FROM THIS PERSON ***********

Steer clear of buying from this guy, he sends out fake prints. I bought this guys B & W Trolley Hunters, but by mistake he sent out the Barcode - which is so fake its laughable. I have contacted POW, Ebay and the Police already. The barcode pictured on ebay, IS NOT the barcode print I received. Signature

So steer clear of Robert McGarry or a Jason Merrington or Robert Lampton - these are all the names used post purchase.

[viperuk]

Its was all too clear, especially when they contacted me saying no paypal, even when I offered to pay the fees...

[darrenrapley]

Bloody hell.
Hope you get money back Alsabar.

[Deleted]

Aug 29, 2008 11:23:04 GMT 1 darrenrapley said:

Bloody hell.
Hope you get money back Alsabar.

Yes so do i. I wonder is there some kind of "Blacklist" of rogue sellers names for ebay sales? for cross reference etc. or wouldnt that work?.

[havana07]

Aug 23, 2008 0:39:54 GMT 1 RBK said:

Aug 23, 2008 0:05:53 GMT 1 @havana07 said:

Nothing dumb ass about it, its a fake. Pure and simple.

Why do you think that havana07?

The auction does state: "I will provide the purchaser with a complete and unquestionable provenance for this print. This will include the name in which the print is registered with POW, any receipts/paperwork plus a signed letter from myself detailing the history and provenance of the print."

I DID TRY TO WARN Y'ALL!

[Guest]

Aug 22, 2008 21:43:20 GMT 1 RBK said:

Whomever snagged this at 4.5K got an incredible bargain! Nice work!

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220270615498&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=012

if it looks to good to be true. BEWARE.

I hope you get this sorted Als