[corblimeylimey]

This could encourage loads of people hacking at buildings to get the Banksy off

190071867412 only £20,000.

[hugs]

such a shame,there are few enough smaller ones around now as it is.The larger,older pieces in Bristol are still intact as well as a good few smaller ones,but for how much longer with this going on!

[lesroy]

I wonder if Banksy will ever bother to do street work again, what with all these fuck wits riping off doors, walls, bricks, security shutters... such a shame

[andrewd]

Reclaimed wall, my rrse! You can see the angle grinder marks in one of the corners . Looks like its been cut out and broken in the process.
No provenance and broken.......20p anyone?

[ikonoclast]

Not the only thing to go missing recently either:

blog.artofthestate.co.uk/blog/_archives/2006/12/20/2585740.html

[Ågentßacardi]

Very sad indeed. It's looking like Banksy's biggest obstacle is now his own fame... he's his own worst enemy!

Damn vultures.

[mido]

unfortunately it does have a sort of provenance, albeit a VERY dirty provenance. But thankfully it will ultimately never have REAL provenance (e.g. from banksy or laz)

It was angle grinded out of a wall. On a private road (yes, it is actually a listed private road). The resident's actually liked it and had left it there for years (even though it was a 'posh' area) and are very annoyed at it going. It now has a piece of wood covering up the hole in the wall. which obviously lookes crap.

I guess the only thing we can do is:

1) not buy it
2) send the seller enough messages to let him/her know what we think
3) hope that no-one else (e.g. privately) is stupid / immoral enough to buy it off ebay

[mido]

there aren't many more around that could be nicked...

also banksy has only been doing big stuff for the last year or so

and Banksy does say that thet street work is still the best side of it, so all in all I reckon he'll be back!!!

lesroy said:

I wonder if Banksy will ever bother to do street work again, what with all these f**k wits riping off doors, walls, bricks, security shutters... such a shame

[Run Pig Run]

that gangsta rat near waterloo, outside the newsagents on the metal box is still there. I reckon you could offer the shop owner a grand and be away with it.

[BME]

gone now I think...

:-(