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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by Daniel Silk on Feb 3, 2010 21:54:11 GMT 1, www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/5287-banksy-rat-awaits-fate-as-pub-goes-to-auction.html
"Banksy rat awaits fate as pub goes for auction.
Liverpool auctioneer Sutton Kersh will include the Whitehouse pub on the corner of Berry Street and Duke Street in its next sale on 18 February.
The secretive Bristol-based graffiti artist was commissioned to create a piece in the Ropewalks area of the city for the 2004 Liverpool Biennial art festival. The giant rat holding a marker pen next to his red zig-zag doodles have been a prominent landmark ever since.
Sutton Kersh has set a guide price of £80,000 but the value only covers the building and does not include its worth as a work of art by one of the most famous contemporary artists in the world.
Whether the artwork is retained remains the decision of the purchaser. The panel of hoarding containing the Banksy signature, or tag, was stolen some years ago.
James Kersh, director of auctions at Sutton Kersh, said there has been strong pre-auction interest and the price may well exceed that of the guide.
The sale is on Thursday 18 February at the Marriott Hotel in Queen Square, Liverpool city centre."
www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/5287-banksy-rat-awaits-fate-as-pub-goes-to-auction.html"Banksy rat awaits fate as pub goes for auction. Liverpool auctioneer Sutton Kersh will include the Whitehouse pub on the corner of Berry Street and Duke Street in its next sale on 18 February. The secretive Bristol-based graffiti artist was commissioned to create a piece in the Ropewalks area of the city for the 2004 Liverpool Biennial art festival. The giant rat holding a marker pen next to his red zig-zag doodles have been a prominent landmark ever since. Sutton Kersh has set a guide price of £80,000 but the value only covers the building and does not include its worth as a work of art by one of the most famous contemporary artists in the world. Whether the artwork is retained remains the decision of the purchaser. The panel of hoarding containing the Banksy signature, or tag, was stolen some years ago. James Kersh, director of auctions at Sutton Kersh, said there has been strong pre-auction interest and the price may well exceed that of the guide. The sale is on Thursday 18 February at the Marriott Hotel in Queen Square, Liverpool city centre."
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by Daniel Silk on Feb 3, 2010 23:50:03 GMT 1, I think this building would make a great Art Gallery  Anyone know what the area is like around there?
Imagine the building fully restored with that massive Banksy Rat on it  Would become a real attraction for the area.
I think this building would make a great Art Gallery Anyone know what the area is like around there? Imagine the building fully restored with that massive Banksy Rat on it Would become a real attraction for the area. |
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by annar50 on Feb 3, 2010 23:52:34 GMT 1, busy main road , china town area
busy main road , china town area
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by Daniel Silk on Feb 4, 2010 0:02:03 GMT 1, busy main road , china town area
I can just picture it done up a bit like the Rathbone Lazarides Galery -
busy main road , china town area I can just picture it done up a bit like the Rathbone Lazarides Galery - |
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by Ken Hashimoto on Feb 4, 2010 4:26:50 GMT 1, There's a lot of us forum members, let's all pitch in! I've got 10 quid on it!
;D ;D ;D
There's a lot of us forum members, let's all pitch in! I've got 10 quid on it!
;D ;D ;D
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by Cocteau 101 on Feb 4, 2010 9:15:28 GMT 1, ..
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by Daniel Silk on Feb 5, 2010 15:05:19 GMT 1, www.clickliverpool.com/culture/culture/127886-britains-biggest-%20anksy-goes-under-the-hammer-in-liverpool.html
"Art lovers are clammering to bid for Britain's biggest Banksy, when it goes up for auction this month.
The huge artwork, believed to be the mysterious artist's biggest, comes complete with the derelict pub underneath when it goes under the hammer in Liverpool on 18th February.
Experts have suggested the artwork could be worth in excess of £1 million.
Bristol-born graffiti giant Banksy daubed the 30-foot-high rat holding a machine gun on the Whitehouse pub in Berry Street, as part of Liverpool's Biennial art festival in 2004.
As an official commission the work is a rarity for Banksy who has stopped authenticating his work to prevent dealers from cashing-in on his now global fame."
www.clickliverpool.com/culture/culture/127886-britains-biggest-%20anksy-goes-under-the-hammer-in-liverpool.html"Art lovers are clammering to bid for Britain's biggest Banksy, when it goes up for auction this month. The huge artwork, believed to be the mysterious artist's biggest, comes complete with the derelict pub underneath when it goes under the hammer in Liverpool on 18th February. Experts have suggested the artwork could be worth in excess of £1 million. Bristol-born graffiti giant Banksy daubed the 30-foot-high rat holding a machine gun on the Whitehouse pub in Berry Street, as part of Liverpool's Biennial art festival in 2004. As an official commission the work is a rarity for Banksy who has stopped authenticating his work to prevent dealers from cashing-in on his now global fame."
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by buddings on Feb 10, 2010 17:16:36 GMT 1, machine gun? ha!
machine gun? ha!
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by Daniel Silk on Feb 19, 2010 21:08:49 GMT 1, Bansky Rat Liverpool
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by AFR1KA on Feb 22, 2010 3:55:52 GMT 1,
If hes trying to do luxury flats I would think the piece would increase the value of the apts.
If hes trying to do luxury flats I would think the piece would increase the value of the apts. |
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by Daniel Silk on Nov 7, 2010 11:30:38 GMT 1, "the white house liverpool banksy"
"the white house liverpool banksy"
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by emoska on Nov 11, 2010 4:26:33 GMT 1,
How much would you just love Banksy to come back and repaint over it, Pulp Fiction-style? :-p
How much would you just love Banksy to come back and repaint over it, Pulp Fiction-style? :-p |
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Banksy Rat in Liverpool - Goes to Auction, by lovejoy on Feb 14, 2011 16:53:42 GMT 1, Dont think its a machine gun looks more like a felt tip pen
Dont think its a machine gun looks more like a felt tip pen |
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Anyone know what the area is like around there? 
Would become a real attraction for the area.
