Does anyone know how many towers were made?

BONGO DIDNT BID WHEN HE WAS OUT THERES, AS TOWERS WERE ALL UNPAINTED OLIVE WOOD ON GHETTO OPENING DAY AND BONGO WASNT SURE HOW IT WOULD LOOK WHEN/ IF FINISHED.

what did you bid? Also what was the average price of these? And finally does anyone on this board own the tower that Peter Kennard and Cat Picton phillips designed? C

i dont see the appeal of these at all. they are pretty fookin ugly and not really well thought out, no underlying message, no whit which usually accompanies banksy’s work. Cheap tourist tat (understandably) worked over to raise some cash for charity. I understand bidding on them in that context, but flogging it on the bay? I don’t see the appeal of buying it beyond it have banksy’s signature in crappy crayon on the bottom. If someone other than banksy posted these towers on .info as their sculpture art, they would be shat at and not in an eelus kind of way

I think Rat had the Banksy/Kennard one (coke cans, wax and olive leaves if I remember). Very cool it was too. No idea about the Cat though.

ya, bronze rats i agree are another story, seems like more work was put into them, I'm not sayin the towers were a bad idea, they were a good fundraiser and souvenir for people who made the trip. I just don’t see too much appeal beyond that.

pez, it seems not. btw, they would make great candle holders if you had a pair

Im going to be controversial now and disagree with my esteemed colleagues mcnuts and Mammal and say that i love these towers and would dearly love to own one over any of the prints.

I think they have great symbolism in what they portray and the fact they are carved from olive trees (as in the olive branch of peace)

and of course the fact that they are all hand finished by Banksy (unlike a certain print that i will not mention).

lets not get into the value of these, more on the artistic merit

thought the tower carving was by another artist? name anyone?

i do like them, regretted not bidding on any when i was there - i was too giddy and too focused on a couple of other original pieces, to compose myself to remember to do such a thing

can i just say this is not my tower or my auction..i know i mentioned to a couple of people that i got the highest bid on this...so they must be wondering...but a tax bill crisis meant i groveled to pow for letting them down & didnt follow up on buying it..

on a brighter note, off to my fave beach in thailand for the winter next week...anyone want to chat banksy on the beach give me a shout

which beach wezzley, is it pattaya with alll the lady boys?