It can be incredibly difficult to remove and transport a Banksy, as they are often done on a brick or concrete wall. But a New York dealer transported two of the heavy artworks down to Florida for an auction on Tuesday night, yielding mixed results. While one piece, the self-explanatory “Kissing Coppers”, which was not part of the New York series but was taken from a pub wall in Brighton, sold for $480,000 (plus $95,000 in fees) two others from the New York series failed to meet their reserves. The relatively portable “Crazy Horse”, in the form of a door taken from a car that was part of a much larger Lower East Side installation, was priced at $100,000 and didn’t sell. The 7,000 pound “Bandaged Heart”, a piece from Red Hook that immediately became the scene of a little tagging war with someone going by Omar, carried a price of $200,000 and also didn’t sell. So it seems while there is a market for Banksys out there, it’s not quite as hot as many a excited Banksy owner might think. I think these “no sales” must make Banksy a bit happy, as this artwork is essentially stolen. (via NY magazine)
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