Banksy Black Spray Can, Gross Domestic Product™, by met on Sept 21, 2024 17:59:02 GMT 1,

Sept 21, 2024 10:22:04 GMT 1 goose said:

Sept 21, 2024 8:47:21 GMT 1 Richard said:

I've recently bought one of these in auction.

I think it's a great piece and undervalued right now. It's effectively a signed edititioned original. They rarely come for sale and I personally think there are less than 50 in existence. The downside being no PC authentication, so buy smart. The auction house forwarded me the original email receipt when I purchased mine and the matching GDP tag. I won't go in to other details on how to spot the fakes because I don't want to help forgers.

Currently having a custom wall mounted acrylic case made for it with a mirrored back...will post some pics once it's finished and on the wall!

Why no PC cert? These were sold as part of GDP

Sept 21, 2024 17:03:47 GMT 1 goose said:

Sept 21, 2024 12:11:57 GMT 1 Richard said:

I believe it's because it's an 'open edition'. Same as the cushions...

still poor if you have bought it from source

Neither the sale venue nor the open‑edition status of the spraycan would be relevant here.



Each artist can choose whether something they have created constitutes a work of art.

As the actual artist, this is naturally their right. And theirs only.

Such decisions will not, for example, be the prerogative of sometimes‑entitled speculators, dealers or collectors — who may have very different priorities, and therefore different opinions on how things should be done regarding the status attributed to individual pieces they own.


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In the case of Pest Control Office, acting on behalf of Banksy, the criterion is pretty straightforward (even if, over the years, it hasn't always been applied with 100% consistency):

To qualify for a certificate of authenticity, an item needs to be deemed a commercial work of art that was created by Banksy.



Purpose and original intent are what really matter here — not the point of sale, medium, uniqueness, limits to the numbers produced or released, existence of a signature, or even authorship.


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The following are generally excluded from being able to receive a COA from Pest Control Office:


•  ephemera

•  apparel

•  homeware

•  design or illustration work (e.g. commissioned work done for record labels, like posters or album covers)

•  signatures, tags, doodles (e.g. on or in personal letters, birthday cards, books, etc.)

•  used stencils (unless later repurposed and sold as works of art)

•  street pieces

•  many gifts (e.g. signed prints offered as a thank‑you and goodwill gesture to employees who worked at certain events produced by Banksy, Pest Control Office, or Paranoid Pictures).



The Banksy™ Black spraycans fall within the above excluded categories.

If memory serves, during the Gross Domestic Product application process, plenty of the items for sale, including the spraycans, were expressly listed as not qualifying for a COA.

Sept 21, 2024 10:22:04 GMT 1 goose said:

Sept 21, 2024 8:47:21 GMT 1 Richard said:

I've recently bought one of these in auction.

I think it's a great piece and undervalued right now. It's effectively a signed edititioned original. They rarely come for sale and I personally think there are less than 50 in existence. The downside being no PC authentication, so buy smart. The auction house forwarded me the original email receipt when I purchased mine and the matching GDP tag. I won't go in to other details on how to spot the fakes because I don't want to help forgers.

Currently having a custom wall mounted acrylic case made for it with a mirrored back...will post some pics once it's finished and on the wall!

Why no PC cert? These were sold as part of GDP

Sept 21, 2024 17:03:47 GMT 1 goose said:

Sept 21, 2024 12:11:57 GMT 1 Richard said:

I believe it's because it's an 'open edition'. Same as the cushions...

still poor if you have bought it from source

Neither the sale venue nor the open‑edition status of the spraycan would be relevant here.



Each artist can choose whether something they have created constitutes a work of art.

As the actual artist, this is naturally their right. And theirs only.

Such decisions will not, for example, be the prerogative of sometimes‑entitled speculators, dealers or collectors — who may have very different priorities, and therefore different opinions on how things should be done regarding the status attributed to individual pieces they own.


__________


In the case of Pest Control Office, acting on behalf of Banksy, the criterion is pretty straightforward (even if, over the years, it hasn't always been applied with 100% consistency):

To qualify for a certificate of authenticity, an item needs to be deemed a commercial work of art that was created by Banksy.



Purpose and original intent are what really matter here — not the point of sale, medium, uniqueness, limits to the numbers produced or released, existence of a signature, or even authorship.


__________


The following are generally excluded from being able to receive a COA from Pest Control Office:


•  ephemera

•  apparel

•  homeware

•  design or illustration work (e.g. commissioned work done for record labels, like posters or album covers)

•  signatures, tags, doodles (e.g. on or in personal letters, birthday cards, books, etc.)

•  used stencils (unless later repurposed and sold as works of art)

•  street pieces

•  many gifts (e.g. signed prints offered as a thank‑you and goodwill gesture to employees who worked at certain events produced by Banksy, Pest Control Office, or Paranoid Pictures).



The Banksy™ Black spraycans fall within the above excluded categories.

If memory serves, during the Gross Domestic Product application process, plenty of the items for sale, including the spraycans, were expressly listed as not qualifying for a COA.