I don't mean to be rude but if you check the main Banksy thread that's all the rage… you'll find this is covered there.

Cheers fella

You could turn this thread into the Madonna thing, waste not etc..

Was just reading this article about the recent Banksy Bomb Damage piece in gaza being sold for just $175

story here:

www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/gaza-man-conned-into-selling-banksy--mural-for-175-10148285.html

The poor guy had his house destroyed and his luck comes in when banksy does a mural (i hate the word mural, sounds like something done by a local community group) on his front door - the only thing left standing.

they mention the name of the guy in the article and i really hope that banksy can sort something for him.
it would be tricky but this guy has nothing then gets conned. What sort of scumbag goes to a warzone and cons what is essentially an imprisoned refugee. Hopefully if it ever makes its way here someone will make amends.

this is the piece out of situ...

This guy bought it... Knew exactly what he was buying as well as he photographed the work...

www.facebook.com/belalkhalled

www.twitter.com/belalkhaled

More here

urbanartassociation.com/thread/128359/banksy-gaza-piece-lifted

You become a guardian and suddenly take an interest in what Banksy gets up to, rather than usual cheap shots at him and pow.

The irony of you feeling sorry for people getting conned

Since FR has been a FG, antagonistic members aren't getting the same song and dance from him as before.
Now, you all know I am not his biggest fan, but I'm willing to give him a chance and see how the responsibility he's acquired affects his behavior.
Peeps just need to chill out around here.

Dog eat dog, hardly like theres much choice.

Its a frigging concentration camp in there, yeah lads, all just get on fine in your festering war torn pit.

You have a very strange out look on natural.

Gaza police confiscate Banksy door at center of dispute
By Talal Abu-Rahma and Steve Almasy, CNN
Rabea Darduna's Gaza home was destroyed last year; he sold his door to bring in some money
On Thursday, Gaza police seized the door, which had originally been sold for $175 U.S.
Some of Banksy's art has sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars
(CNN)A door bearing a graffiti drawing by British artist Banksy was seized by police in Gaza on Thursday after a dispute over its sale, a Gaza police official told CNN on Thursday.

The owner of the door, Rabea Darduna, filed a complaint with a Gaza court stating that, without realizing its value, he sold the door for just $175 U.S.

The iron door will remain in the possession of the Khan Younis police in southern Gaza until a court hearing at a date yet to be determined.

When Darduna's Gaza home was destroyed in last summer's war, he says he felt he was left with nothing. Only a doorway and a door. He sold the door to bring in some money to care for his six children, not realizing the prize he had.

"We sold it as we would sell an iron door," Darduna said Monday, "for $175. And the man took it."

Guy mistakenly sells valuable Banksy mural for $175
Guy mistakenly sells valuable Banksy mural for $175 01:21
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Darduna says he was duped into believing the door was a normal door when it was really a canvas for Banksy, one of the world's most famous graffiti artists, who had painted a Greek goddess with her head in her hand. The door was likely worth a small fortune -- a fortune Darduna gave away for a fraction of its value.

"Things started becoming clear that the artist is worldwide famous, and he drew it secretly," said Darduna. "[The buyer] used us. My house is demolished. We're destroyed emotionally. We ask him to return the door."

Banksy's graffiti in Gaza has become an attraction after he visited in February and painted a series of political messages. His works adorn walls and homes turning rubble into riches. Some of Banksy's art has sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Banksy has never revealed his identity, but he is an English graffiti artist who began displaying his work in the early 1990s. His street art often portrays political and social messages.

Mohammed Alshanbari says he's had offers for Banksy's portrait of a cat playing with a ball of mangled metal, but he refuses to sell.

In text accompanying the image on his official website, Banksy wrote: "A local man came up and said 'Please -- what does this mean?' I explained I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website -- but on the internet people only look at pictures of kittens."

Alshanbari says he's looking after the mural on the wall where his house once stood.

"A lot of people showed up and people asked to buy it, but I'm keeping it, and I won't sell it," he says. "It's a graffiti from the most famous artist in the world, and I can't give it away. It stands where the house used to stand. I cleared a lot of rubble, but left the wall."

CNN's Talal Abu-Rahma reported from Gaza and CNN's Steve Almasy reported from Atlanta. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz and Oren Liebermann contributed to this report.

Beat ya to it J
urbanartassociation.com/post/1369062/thread

Thanks great little vid

I bloody knew it.....