Again Jam, I'm not asking him to authenticate street pieces, I have issue with him painting on property that at this point he know will be f**ked with and cause even more damage than just the paint and then call those people criminals but act as though he himself is innocent in the process.

And I have issue with him telling people to boycott sales. If you don't endorse the sale of street works fine but I think it's hypocrisy to use his media machine to f**k with the sale of other peoples property which they rightfully own. If he doesn't like that other people are selling his street works he should have not painted on property he didn't own.

I gave you a quote and gave you the source. Why don't you look it up and stop posting sh*t before doing your own research. Pretty pathetic attempt to save face.

That's the problem. It's a bulls**t source you total f**king imbecile.

None sold that is why you cannot see the results

bristolgraffiti.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/the-lyon-and-turnbull-auction-lots-of-banksy-lots-not-sold/

Banksy has today issued another statement with regards to tomorrows auction.

www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23560543-details/Banksy%27s+Don%27t+bank+on+it/article.do

Banksy's? Don't bank on it
Robert Mendick, Evening Standard
26.09.08
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The graffiti artist Banksy has revealed that millions of pounds worth of works attributed to him are fakes.

His admission comes ahead of a London auction of street art said to be by the artist but which he is refusing to authenticate. Five pieces are being sold for a guide price of more than £250,000.

In a statement issued through his publicist, Banksy urged buyers to boycott tomorrow's auction.

He said: "Graffiti art has a hard enough life as it is - with council workers wanting to remove it and kids wanting to draw moustaches on it, before you add hedgefund managers wanting to chop it out and hang it over the fireplace.

"For the sake of keeping all street art where it belongs I'd encourage people not to buy anything by anybody unless it was created for sale in the first place."

A body set up by the artist to verify his work has identified 226 falsely attributed pieces in eight months.

With his street art alone typically fetching £50,000 a piece, it raises the spectre of a fake Banksy industry worth millions.

The record price for one of his works was £288,000 at auction last year.

In a little noticed statement, Pest Control, the verification body, warns on its website: "[Banksy] would encourage anyone wanting to purchase one of his images to do so with extreme caution, but does point out that many copies are superior in quality to the originals.

"Since the creation of Pest Control in January 2008 we have identified 89 street pieces and 137 screen prints falsely attributed to the artist."

The statement adds: "Banksy has a casual attitude to copyright and encourages the reproduction of his work for your own personal amusement, so it's with regret that he finds himself having to deem pieces either 'real' or 'fake'."

Banksy paints in secret, making independent identification of his art more difficult, while Pest Control refuses to authenticate any street work which he believes should be left "in situ".

Lyon & Turnbull will auction 20 works tomorrow at a deconsecrated church in Marylebone Road.

Among the five lots Banksy is refusing to authenticate are the Refuse Rat, expected to fetch £20,000, and Fungle Junk (estimate: £150,000) consisting of three panels painted on to the side of a trailer at the Lizard festival in Cornwall in 1999.

The auctioneers have turned, for the first time, to a rival authenticating body, Vermin, which is providing a "free and independent authentication and certification service, dedicated to cataloguing Banksy's street works".

Each piece will come with a Vermin certificate, judged by a panel of experts drawn from contemporary art dealers. Banksy has refused to approve their role.

Ben Hanly, head of contemporary art at Lyon & Turnbull, said: "We are sure these street works are authentic.

"It would be absolute madness for us to sell anything we don't believe is genuine. But whether the market agrees with us, we shall see."