[lobster]

Mint condition in a £400 frame job with Museum Glass and PC cert.

Not looking for any swaps but would add money for a CWSB / HAND.

Many thanks indeed.

[Art Fan 2011]

What price are you asking for it?

[lobster]

Bearing in mind 4 Soup Cans is apparently worth more than £10K I would like £7K but I would also like something sexual from Kate Moss but I am sure that is not going to happen either !!!!

Have been offered £4K cash but think it must be worth more than that bearing the mind the prices of S & S and NBG etc dont seem to be far off that figure ?

Its one of only 112 and has a great story behind it having originally having had to go to Bethlehem to get one.

I know it sounds insanity but one went for over £12K in the past ?

If your serious drop me a PM - I actually have two of these ( after taking another one in a trade ) and am happy to do a quick deal.

[Deleted]

Did you go to Bethlehem?

I also believe the one that you refer to that sold for £12K was one on formica and from the edition of 23

£4K seems about right to me

[lobster]

As ever many thanks Joe - at the end of the day you are entitled to your opinion and of course I am biased as I am selling but bearing in mind a S & S went for over £4K on ebay last week which is of course an edition of 500 and what I see the likes of No Ball Games , Donuts sell for - an edition of 112 with PC and ready to hang you would seriously value at £4K ??

Bonhams in the states sold one of these for over $19K a couple of years ago and not the formica one ? I appreciate that you may think this has no relevance to todays price ( although I would not agree as if prints once reached a certain value then why would they not in time again ? )but I wouldnt want you to think I was misleading anyone ?

[Deleted]

You may be right one did sell for $19K (inc premium) but that was in 2008, so not that recent, however another sold more recently, in 2011 at the same auction house for £4200 (inc premium) - which I think has relevance to todays price.

So are you the original owner?

[lobster]

As I did say in my original post " it sounds insanity " and I fully accept that prints can go unexpectedly high and of course unexpectedly low which I would suggest the 2011 result.

No I am not the original owner but have had it for around 3 years and have PC cert.

[Deleted]

Right, so you agree £4K is about the mark then?

[lobster]

If you say so Joe then it must be - in fact maybe the guy who offered me £4K is paying too much - I will PM and tell him he can have it for less !!!!

[colinfishwick]

Jul 21, 2012 16:44:37 GMT 1 lobster said:

I would also like something sexual from Kate Moss but I am sure that is not going to happen either !!!!

Syphilis?

[lobster]

I assume you know something I don't colin !!!!

[johnnyh]

Obvious he gave it to her. Fair play mate at least he warned ya

Good luck with the Flags lovely piece.

[PUD]

Jul 21, 2012 23:46:54 GMT 1 lobster said:

If you say so Joe then it must be - in fact maybe the guy who offered me £4K is paying too much - I will PM and tell him he can have it for less !!!!

;D

[PUD]

I have to agree with Lobster, it's insane that this print would sell in line with some of the poorer and higher edition number Banksy's. I would far sooner display this than a big pink ring!!

[ABC]

As there was a great deal of effort required to aquire these and they don't come up that often , IMO they are pretty sought after. If I had one I would not let it go for 4k.

[Deleted]

Jul 23, 2012 17:02:36 GMT 1 ABC said:

As there was a great deal of effort required to aquire these and they don't come up that often , IMO they are pretty sought after. If I had one I would not let it go for 4k.

Agreed mate. I was offered close to 10k for mine a few years back, could have sold and bought another and made a few grand, but.. wouldn't be the same one. So held onto it.

[Warm Gun]

These were going for £4k 18+ months ago, with the likes of vlh, s&s, cyw and donuts now fetching around that price, logic would say this has surely gone up in value?

[lobster]

Thanks for the positive comments guys,

Last week on ebay a S & S sold for £4200 and there is one about to finish at £3700 already - that is a new (ish ) print and an edition of 500.

Why on earth this is not worth more is beyond me although to be fair £5K + is a fair chunk of money for people to pull up ?

[Zippy]

Jul 23, 2012 17:32:31 GMT 1 Warm Gun said:

These were going for £4k 18+ months ago, with the likes of vlh, s&s, cyw and donuts now fetching around that price, logic would say this has surely gone up in value?

Not so sure as prices have been dropping recently... For example:
That stop and search (lobster mentioned) finished at £3650 which is odd if it was at £3700 when he posted. Must have been some shill bidding going on?

A black and white trolleys Sold for £3550 at a similar time.

In these times of recession and uncertainty over jobs etc.. I think prices have come down.

I think a vlh sold for £3650 last weekend too. This is also a considerable drop v 12-18 months ago.

[downunderperthwa]

Zippy where do i find prices from banksys that have sold?

[Deleted]

Expresso beans is the best place to check. But a lot of people follow auctions and keep an eye on prices, in the hope of picking up a bargain.

[fingerz]

there's also www.zarts.com/ ..... none are that up to date though .... lol .... i like to use HH he knows his shizzle ....

[Hubble Bubble]

I know it's bizarre but I can't help myself liking the silver flags more than the gold flags.

Kind of feels more apt. Dunno why...

[Deleted]

Jul 25, 2012 8:28:17 GMT 1 @cnh said:

Expresso beans is the best place to check. But a lot of people follow auctions and keep an eye on prices, in the hope of picking up a bargain.

Trouble with that site is the horrible colour, its all browny / dirty colours.

[Zippy]

Jul 25, 2012 6:51:10 GMT 1 downunderperthwa said:

Zippy where do i find prices from banksys that have sold?

If you are on ebay searching 'banksy' you can tick the checkbox on the left hand side entitled 'completed listings'
you can then view finsihed auctions and see what they have sold for..

hope that helps.

[Deleted]

Jul 23, 2012 17:02:36 GMT 1 ABC said:

As there was a great deal of effort required to aquire these and they don't come up that often , IMO they are pretty sought after. If I had one I would not let it go for 4k.

Yes it was a great effort for original owners who went to Bethlehem to get one, in this instance the op didnt, and they do come up often!! To be fair alot of them werent in mint condition because they were printed on chromolux paper and sent out tubed, so they ended up with handling and rolling dinks!!

[lobster]

I actually did go to a lot of effort to get one - I met someone in a car park in Watford which trust me was a struggle (!!) and the other one I paid someone to go to Bristol but am not really sure what the relevance of that is to the price of the print ? Surely it is about how the print was originally sold - if I was the original owner does that suddenly make it worth more - I dont think so ?

If they do come up " often " I have not seen one on either here or from memory at any of the recent urban auctions and there are only 112 of them ?

[Deleted]

Correction - there are 155 of them - 20 x Ghetto Crew AP's, 23 Gold Formica Flags.

Good luck with your sale

[Deleted]

Seems like lobster is getting some grief over this. I nearly bought this as I thought it was a great print at a great price. The only think that stopped me was I don't think it would sit side by side as well as my CYW QJG and a orange CYW that I am buying instead.

[lobster]

This is still for sale if anyone has any interest.

Many thanks indeed.