Hi, just come across this post via Google so thought i'd join forum and add the following....

Having worked with and sold a number of Banksy placards from the 2003 anti war march, I hoped I could add some more to this feed.

Firstly, none of these placards from the anti war march come with a COA, please see following email issued by pest control:

“This placard is not eligible for authentication because it was not created with the intention of being sold as a commercial work of art.”
- PCO Customer Services

Regarding the differences between the placards (the 2 sold at Julien’s and Cornwall vs the one sold this year that differed), I do know there is not just 1 stencil / exact design, if you look at all the bomb hugger / bomber girl placards there are multiple differences, so comparing placards can be misleading as there are slight differences on the placards.

It would be unfair to add 2 identical placards to the one in question in this thread, and then to compare them to say the now ‘different’ one sold at Cornwall and suggest the Cornwall one is fake because its 'different'... But to anyone unfamiliar with the placards from the war march it is easy to presume the one recently sold wasn’t a Banksy if you didn’t know about all the placard variations. A difference should be looked into, but doesn't always mean its a fake.

Please see attached picture from 2003. I know this piece well and its currently sitting in a recognised private collection, please note the small ‘NO’ stencil, gap in the ‘O’ and the duller colour red, please also note the shape of the bomb and there being a hand present. + the line / gap in the tail of the bomb almost nonexistent.

Please also see attached another Banksy recently sold at auction and is the same design as the design first in question in this thread.

Its worth checking as much footage / images of the rally to see the numerous placards that was used at the 2003 anti war march. We’ve even seen reversed versions of other designs in images from the march next to the ‘normal’ versions and other unusual differences.

Hope this helps. Maybe if you own or have seen a Banksy from this war march post it so we can get as many variations on her as possible. 

Image from 2003 anti war march...

Recent image of another recognised Banksy sold at auction..
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The detail is clear to see…. This s an original…. And not for sale!

And you think it’s a fake because??? 🤔

Because it came direct from Mason Storm as a Thank You 👌🏼

I find that very amusing here in the forum. People with the least amount of knowledge are throwing one out here every day.
People who have been in the street art scene for 5 years, or 10 years for all I care, write shit here with ignorance.
Honestly, nobody cares who Banksy is, if you love the art world you respect anonymity and don't make assumptions, that's called RIDICULOUS.
Just shut up if you have no idea about art. The vast majority have an art depot, but no art collection.
I find Banksy totally boring and I'm not a pro at him, but a blind man with a walking stick can see that this is a fake.
Mason Storm and co might have got a commission for 1 or 2 artworks to paint or to help, but that might be it and that's nothing.
If it's that great, you should buy Ronnie Cutrone, he painted Warhol's artworks.

Because it came direct from Mason Storm as a Thank You 👌🏼

Because it came direct from Mason Storm as a Thank You 👌🏼