I got a Banksy signiture for sale

[gm]

kal976 said:

gm - Say if you want a copy & I'll pick one up later & post it to you if you'd like.

Oops, didn't see this earlier.

Thanks for the offer but now Martin's posted the text I don't need to see the actual thing

[mido]

www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2370770.html

Developers demolish '£100,000 work of art' to make way for flats

A mural by Banksy, the graffiti artist, with an estimated value of £100,000 has been demolished to make way for a block of flats.

The New Pollution, in the St Paul’s area of Bristol, was one of Banksy’s first works and featured a mural painted in memory of a dead friend. It was demolished on the day that Angelina Jolie, the actress, spent £200,000 on a piece by the artist.

One brick from the work, featuring Banksy’s signature, was placed for sale on eBay, the internet auction site.

Andrew Aldridge, of Henry Aldridge auctioneers in Devizes, Wiltshire, said: “It’s difficult to put a valuation on such a unique piece . . . but it would without a doubt be into six figures. Banksy is now an A-list artist, like Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin.” Springdale, the company that demolished the wall, said that it had been unaware of its significance.

In June a Banksy painting appeared on a Bristol City Council building. The council said this week that it may remove the work because it was on a listed building.

[mltimer]

Made the Sun
www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006440319,00.html

[artforartssake]

Hmmmm , Sun.... Times....... similar article..... says alot about the standards of journalism since Murdoch took over our top title

[mido]

It's a syndicated article from the south west news service, from the original BEP story. I doubt the sun or times have done anything except a bit of editing.

that is pretty normal in the news world

artforartssake said:

Hmmmm , Sun.... Times....... similar article..... says alot about the standards of journalism since Murdoch took over our top title

[LoveRat]

One brick from the work, featuring Banksy’s signature, was placed for sale on eBay, the internet auction site.

Andrew Aldridge, of Henry Aldridge auctioneers in Devizes, Wiltshire, said: “It’s difficult to put a valuation on such a unique piece . . . but it would without a doubt be into six figures. Banksy is now an A-list artist, like Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin.” Springdale, the company that demolished the wall, said that it had been unaware of its significance.

6 figures for a f****** brick, you're having a giraffe
The world's gone mad

[numusic]

loverat said:

One brick from the work, featuring Banksy’s signature, was placed for sale on eBay, the internet auction site.

Andrew Aldridge, of Henry Aldridge auctioneers in Devizes, Wiltshire, said: “It’s difficult to put a valuation on such a unique piece . . . but it would without a doubt be into six figures. Banksy is now an A-list artist, like Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin.” Springdale, the company that demolished the wall, said that it had been unaware of its significance.

6 figures for a f****** brick, you're having a giraffe
The world's gone mad

Think they were referring to the whole wall, it was mentioned in another article that it would be worth up to 100 000k, guess this is based on sale prices of his large canvas in LA.

[janna]

Hi, my name is Janna and Abi was a friend of mine, in fact I was with her the day she left me and hundreds of people in Bristol totally devastated. She died of complications during a severe Asthma attack on a night out. She was young, and one of the sunniest most infectiously smiley people you could ever hope to meet. Hence the fact that more people than could fit in the church turned out at her final farewell. Her death was a shock and tragedy to us all, and that wall was an ongoing memorial to someone much loved and still sorely missed. Please stop arguing about it, sell it if it doesn't mean anything to you, and you can live with knowing that it really is a memorial to a real person. Maybe you should think about offering it to Banksy, it's his heritage after all, and Abi was a very special person to him, I think he'd appreciate it? Otherwise you could think about auctioning it for an asthma charity?

[janna]

Apologies, I was a bit upset on first read through, you have a good point about animal testing, which Abi would have aggreed with too.

[KaL976]

janna said:

Hi, my name is Janna and Abi was a friend of mine, in fact I was with her the day she left me and hundreds of people in Bristol totally devastated. She died of complications during a severe Asthma attack on a night out. She was young, and one of the sunniest most infectiously smiley people you could ever hope to meet. Hence the fact that more people than could fit in the church turned out at her final farewell. Her death was a shock and tragedy to us all, and that wall was an ongoing memorial to someone much loved and still sorely missed. Please stop arguing about it, sell it if it doesn't mean anything to you, and you can live with knowing that it really is a memorial to a real person. Maybe you should think about offering it to Banksy, it's his heritage after all, and Abi was a very special person to him, I think he'd appreciate it? Otherwise you could think about auctioning it for an asthma charity?

Exactly

[HowAboutNo]

janna said:

Apologies, I was a bit upset on first read through, you have a good point about animal testing, which Abi would have aggreed with too.

Welcome to the forum Janna, thanks for the background too. I havent checked Ebay recently (I'll admit to be a watcher of the item, just to see what happened. Then my interest fizzled out when I saw it got sold (not sure if second sale went through?)

Your point about giving the item back to Banksy is the one I agree with the most. As you say, I would like to think he would keep it.

Agree about the animals part too. I hope the seller decides wisely whatever the outcome.

[spikykitten]

Hi everyone but especially Janna,

We think there will be a piece in Friday's Bristol Evening Post about Abi for those who are interested in her, not just Banksy. Hopefully they will be more respectful to her and her family than they were when she died. For all you Banksy spods, the mural was actually his second one to Abi in that spot! He had permission to paint them both from the building's owner at the time.

Also, I live really close to the wall too and I didn't see any notices either. They were obviously very small! I didn't know anything until I drove past one day and it wasn't there anymore. Its upset a lot of people that it has gone, those of us who always called it Abi's wall, not Banksy's.

[mido]

The piece came out in today's BEP

www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144936&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144919&contentPK=15619551&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch

[mido]

If anyone who knew Abi well / is related to her wants a free photo of the mural before the wall was knocked down, please just message me and I'll sort it out for you.