Banksy Gorilla Print Release - POW, by met on Mar 9, 2015 7:52:07 GMT 1,

Mar 9, 2015 7:41:40 GMT 1 Lroy said:

Mar 9, 2015 2:45:57 GMT 1 @lordsofpork said:

It pains me to tell you this Roy as you strike me as being a beautiful human being, but your Banksy Barely Legal card is fake.

There was a time when I would happily explain why, in order to prevent others from being duped into buying similar fakes. Sadly, these days such info is more likely to be used by one of the many home-printing parasites here who hide behind manufactured personas as duplicitous as their wares.

If you'd care to PM me your address I'd like to send you something.

Ah. Ok, I will take off the announce.
It was not a card but a piece of sheet, and as the ebay artseller (  that 's a very wellknown person working at a moment with S.Y. , well I trust him a lot, I will pm you why...  ) said, " it was given by some persons in the queue of the LA exhibition  " - not at the exhibition ) ...

But I understand, when you see this ( the piece of sheet ) it's easy to make a copy ( the bad cut was fro me a proof of authenticitiy - you know it was as some persons of the staff made it  quickly for the large public - ) but if you say no, you are right surely  )...
Thank You sir ! ;-)

A kind gesture from @lordsofpork.

Lroy — This 'elephant in the room' flyer may actually be the one you acquired from me on eBay three or four years ago. I believe it was a small extra or bonus included with the Barely Legal poster I was selling at the time.

If that is indeed the case, then I confirm the flyer is completely genuine, not fake, and it was picked up by me directly from the exhibition in Los Angeles eight and a half years ago.

Of all the shows I've ever experienced, Barely Legal is easily one of my favourites and most memorable. I made repeat visits, attending three out of the four days, for hours each time. Among the team of people helping out at the show, I specifically recall seeing Kelsey Brookes and Paul Insect, the latter wearing a t-shirt I coveted featuring the Shrigley image in my avatar.

What may be causing confusion or mistaken assumptions here is the fact that those free flyers were reprinted more than once over the course of the exhibition. The crowds were so overwhelming that stacks left out for visitors would quickly disappear.

I can also confirm that the flyers were of a noticeably lower quality each time I visited. This is perhaps unsurprising given the sheer numbers of people attending the show and looking for a keepsake. At the preview, the flyers available were printed on thin card; they were nice little souvenirs. The next day, those I saw still looked professionally done, but they were now on normal printer paper. By my final visit, the flyers were quickly-produced photocopies (like the one you have), cut without excessive care using a guillotine or box cutter — still genuine, but nothing close to the quality of the ones originally produced.

All the best with your sales.

Mar 9, 2015 7:41:40 GMT 1 Lroy said:

Mar 9, 2015 2:45:57 GMT 1 @lordsofpork said:

It pains me to tell you this Roy as you strike me as being a beautiful human being, but your Banksy Barely Legal card is fake.

There was a time when I would happily explain why, in order to prevent others from being duped into buying similar fakes. Sadly, these days such info is more likely to be used by one of the many home-printing parasites here who hide behind manufactured personas as duplicitous as their wares.

If you'd care to PM me your address I'd like to send you something.

Ah. Ok, I will take off the announce.
It was not a card but a piece of sheet, and as the ebay artseller (  that 's a very wellknown person working at a moment with S.Y. , well I trust him a lot, I will pm you why...  ) said, " it was given by some persons in the queue of the LA exhibition  " - not at the exhibition ) ...

But I understand, when you see this ( the piece of sheet ) it's easy to make a copy ( the bad cut was fro me a proof of authenticitiy - you know it was as some persons of the staff made it  quickly for the large public - ) but if you say no, you are right surely  )...
Thank You sir ! ;-)

A kind gesture from @lordsofpork.

Lroy — This 'elephant in the room' flyer may actually be the one you acquired from me on eBay three or four years ago. I believe it was a small extra or bonus included with the Barely Legal poster I was selling at the time.

If that is indeed the case, then I confirm the flyer is completely genuine, not fake, and it was picked up by me directly from the exhibition in Los Angeles eight and a half years ago.

Of all the shows I've ever experienced, Barely Legal is easily one of my favourites and most memorable. I made repeat visits, attending three out of the four days, for hours each time. Among the team of people helping out at the show, I specifically recall seeing Kelsey Brookes and Paul Insect, the latter wearing a t-shirt I coveted featuring the Shrigley image in my avatar.

What may be causing confusion or mistaken assumptions here is the fact that those free flyers were reprinted more than once over the course of the exhibition. The crowds were so overwhelming that stacks left out for visitors would quickly disappear.

I can also confirm that the flyers were of a noticeably lower quality each time I visited. This is perhaps unsurprising given the sheer numbers of people attending the show and looking for a keepsake. At the preview, the flyers available were printed on thin card; they were nice little souvenirs. The next day, those I saw still looked professionally done, but they were now on normal printer paper. By my final visit, the flyers were quickly-produced photocopies (like the one you have), cut without excessive care using a guillotine or box cutter — still genuine, but nothing close to the quality of the ones originally produced.

All the best with your sales.