[Pattycakes]

Bloomsbury Auctions on the 26th June have three Banksy works, a Neate, a Faile and a Jamie Hewlitt Tank Girl page (which looks like it's from Deadline)

The Banksys are all street pieces.

89. Secured
90. The TV going through the window (from the Blur Observer cover)
91. A Bomb hugger on what looks like tiles.

here are the links
Banksy
www.bloomsburyauctions.com/detail/654/89.0
www.bloomsburyauctions.com/detail/654/90.0
www.bloomsburyauctions.com/detail/654/91.0

Faile
www.bloomsburyauctions.com/detail/654/93.0

Neate
www.bloomsburyauctions.com/detail/654/88.0

Hewlitt
www.bloomsburyauctions.com/detail/654/92.0

[mammal2]

Those Banksy are shit or amazing. I cannot make up my mind!

[seidbereit]

Love the bomb-hugger piece!

[atomone]

Love the bomb hugger! not sure about secured but hey! cheers for the links!

[Oliver Winconek]

Jun 6, 2008 11:16:06 GMT 1 @mammal2 said:

Those Banksy are s**t or amazing. I cannot make up my mind!

Not his best but still iconic pieces though, you even get a free wall with the second one!

[jonpud]

Interesting, the 'Secure' piece was one of 2 as I remember, there was one up on Ebay recently with a starting price of £10k, didnt get any bids! Now here it is with a 60K estimate!!!!!

I've just looked again, 'Secure', authenticated by LAZ!!!!!!! LAZ authenticating street pieces, now there's a first!!!!

[Oliver Winconek]

Jun 6, 2008 11:20:09 GMT 1 @jonpud said:

Interesting, the 'Secure' piece was one of 2 as I remember, there was one up on Ebay recently with a starting price of £10k, didnt get any bids! Now here it is with a 60K estimate!!!!!

I've just looked again, authenticated by LAZ!!!!!!! LAZ authenticating street pieces, now there's a first!!!!

I noticed that! Hmm sounds interesting to me

[carlito]

like the bomb hugger kinda....but gawd knows what you'd do with a piece on concrete blocks?

[funster]

Are you sure the Secured piece was ever on the streets, and not just meant to look like it was on the street? The prov comes from 2004.

[alsbabar]

Laz does not authenticate street pieces, but this piece may have been sold via a show, but I doubt very much if Pest Control will authenticate the others, if they do, then its game on for all others!!!

[jonpud]

Jun 6, 2008 11:30:52 GMT 1 funster said:

Are you sure the Secured piece was ever on the streets, and not just meant to look like it was on the street? The prov comes from 2004.

I will try and locate a link, but these were on boarded up windows of a building in Liverpool, you can even see the one I was talking about on Expressobeans

[angryboy]

Wasn't that Faile in the Laz print shop up until recently?

[stenz1]

they're pretty rubbish to me, they maybe interesting in a musum or the right space, but can you imagine having that concrete block piece in your living room?

Is it just me or does anyone else think this quality of work devalues his other work intended for sale?

and further does the work taken off walls devalue his other work by putting more crap on the market, which is not intended for the marketplace?

[cashman]

shit, ace and stolen.....thats my summary of the 3 banksy pieces

[Prescription Art]

Jun 6, 2008 11:30:52 GMT 1 funster said:

Are you sure the Secured piece was ever on the streets, and not just meant to look like it was on the street? The prov comes from 2004.

There were a couple in Liverpool I think. Here it is originally from flickr:



One for Mike:



Then after that was nicked immediately:




I think this was auctioned at Bonhams first time they sold some Banksy stuff:




(EDIT: For £1,100 - www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=2535814&iSaleNo=11643&iSaleSectionNo=1 )

www.flickr.com/photos/newfolder/sets/72157600086255636/

[beasty]

You think they could have got the photo of the Neate the right way up!!

[Pattycakes]

I thought that, perhaps it's a joke with the two Baselitz paintings in the sale!

[Martin Whatson]

Jun 6, 2008 13:25:11 GMT 1 beasty said:

You think they could have got the photo of the Neate the right way up!!

Check the sign on the top!