BNE 🇺🇸 BNE Was Here • Stickers • Street Art, by met on Sept 24, 2020 19:25:36 GMT 1,

Sept 24, 2020 14:17:31 GMT 1 marc57 said:

In 2014 B M E released an offer that if you bought a tee-shirt for a water charity you would be able

to purchase a new Banksy print at a reduced price. This gained momentum until eventually POW

put out a statement that it wasn’t going to happen. The option was then to have your money returned

or they would still send you a tee-shirt.



Mine is framed by MFM with the information cards that were sent after purchase and after POW’s statement.

For total authenticity I have the envelope with a LA/B M E post mark together with the bag for the tee-shirt

with the same post mark.


I genuinely (and have a tin hat on for some comments ) have no idea of value but am open to offers via DM

The t-shirt does have some historical interest. It shows the level that BNE chose to stoop to — using a non-profit organisation to mislead and quite probably to defraud.

But why anyone might want a reminder of this scam hanging on their wall does puzzle me.

I would just see the item and that reference to "Thank You For Caring!" as a daily slap to the face — the face of collectors including my own, of the artists involved or affected, and of Charity: Water whose reputation ended up tainted by the BNE association.

Sept 24, 2020 14:17:31 GMT 1 marc57 said:

In 2014 B M E released an offer that if you bought a tee-shirt for a water charity you would be able

to purchase a new Banksy print at a reduced price. This gained momentum until eventually POW

put out a statement that it wasn’t going to happen. The option was then to have your money returned

or they would still send you a tee-shirt.



Mine is framed by MFM with the information cards that were sent after purchase and after POW’s statement.

For total authenticity I have the envelope with a LA/B M E post mark together with the bag for the tee-shirt

with the same post mark.


I genuinely (and have a tin hat on for some comments ) have no idea of value but am open to offers via DM

The t-shirt does have some historical interest. It shows the level that BNE chose to stoop to — using a non-profit organisation to mislead and quite probably to defraud.

But why anyone might want a reminder of this scam hanging on their wall does puzzle me.

I would just see the item and that reference to "Thank You For Caring!" as a daily slap to the face — the face of collectors including my own, of the artists involved or affected, and of Charity: Water whose reputation ended up tainted by the BNE association.