Very strong results... Speaks more of the HK market then the market price of these pieces

Looks good, I'd like to see more pieces. I guess China is where the money is, a whole new emerging market for street art.

I don't think I have ever seen an auction catalogue where every single page is this jaw droppingly awesome...

Lot 12 by Keith haring is so great, how much do you guys think it will sell for?

I would exchange some of my family members for some of that "old stock" !! The Haring is a beauty, some great aliases as well, oh and the Choes, my god the black one is just nuts...

Fantastic lot!

It's a selling exhibition, not an auction.

Based on my inquiry about the Os Gemeos canvas they're going to be stuck with a lot of their stock.  They quote a shade under 500k.  All other canvasses of that size are going anywhere from 100-150k, including the work in their upcoming NYC show.

Looks like its got the LAroc on bottom. Prob quite a few 'Harings' out there that are really LA.

edit: it does say its a collab on page 34

Also interesting that all three B pieces don't seem to have PC which probably wouldn't fly so well here or in the UK but might be overlooked in HK. Might definitely create problems in the future when re-selling these pieces and adversely affect valuation. I just don't see a Laz COA as something I would be ok with on any piece let alone a mid to high six figure work.

Also not sure if anyone noticed the added verbiage on www.banksy.co.uk/

"Banksy is NOT on Facebook, Twitter or represented by Steve Lazarides or any other commercial gallery."

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IMO Laz isn't "Key" to anything regarding Banksy presently and hasn't been for close to a decade now. The B market is doing and will do just fine with or without him. Guy is just slowly cashing in on works as prices continue to rise which has zero to do with him. I think seeing his endorsement as the equivalent of a PC COA is just negligence. Looking years down the line when your provenance is now 2-3 degrees of separation away, ending in a "gift from artist" statement from Laz, doesn't really sound well. Just my opinion but unless it was something I just had to have , I'd seek a piece with PC.

Well let's look at the statement "It's naive to think that Laz isn't instrumental in driving the value of Banksy on all levels." for a sec.

Banksy's value / pricing is simply a factor of supply and demand. His demand has been ever rising due to his being active, current and visible with his clever and meaningful intermittent global works as well as his major productions like BOTI and Dismaland.

The supply is largely out of proportion to demand simply because he no longer does public releases and hasn't for 6 years now. Simply, Laz has nothing to do with any of those factors and while he may have contributed to some degree over a decade ago and brings works to auction from time to time, he absolutely is not "instrumental in driving the value of Banksy on all levels" and honestly don't see how he is a factor on any level presently. His past work with him is exactly that, that past.

As far is his current affect... If anything stands out with Banksy and Laz now it would be Laz's intermittent B social media cheap shots and emotional meltdowns only to be followed by his endless posting of historic Banksy images to remind everyone (his 4k follower demographic) why he's still relevant. We can also add his "unauthorized retrospectives" which actually kicked off in 2014 at Sotheby's which was overpriced and went largely unsold. The pieces he still trickles to market have no more affect than pieces the rest of the population brings to market year round so definitely not a factor there either. 

One thing I can't discount is his B collection as it is probably the best in existence and he holds some truly amazing and important works. Wish the guy the best but this misconception of his current relevance on the B market just had to be expanded upon.

 

Since when is increasing prices "market manipulation"?  There is such a limited supply, people can ask whatever they like. If someone chooses to pay that price then it is a fair market price, even if inflated over the last or similar sale.

The funny thing is that if one is to talk about Art and "market manipulation", Banksy is the worst example to use out of any living artist today possessing anything close to his notoriety. He is actually the only name that is outside of the corrupt system that has propelled countless names to 7 and 8 figures by truly controlling and manipulating the market along with major financial institutions, galleries, museum and dealer cooperation and lastly auction house participation as well. Truly picked the wrong name to bring up market manipulation there mate but not the first time someone has made the stretch.

 To a degree the art market is controlled by auction houses and dealers (the big boys so to speak) whether they are working together or not.

Supply and demand is controlled in all commodities for middle men to make money.

 Whether the art has provenance from Lazarides or a PC certificate is not debatable for some auction houses..

It all comes down to who Sotheby's and other salerooms recognises as an authenticator. If Laz is recognised by Sotheby's etc then buyers are covered.

what will be really interesting is Sothebeys might recognise them but will be interesting if the other auction houses do.

this will also be the first time pieces with no COA will have been offered to the market with prices higher than those with a COA quite strange indeed

thats if COA's are not avail on them. not sure that is the case or did I miss something saw gift mentioned on th monkey but thats all