I will also be looking to purchase this print.....so if another person has a spare message me too!

Ok, here we go

Acemart, they didn't sell for that, unless in this odd collectors market there is someone who has that kind of money for a print and is also extremely stupid, maybe he inherited the money? and his parents sired a stupid Son?
No one that worked for their money would be stupid enough to spunk that amount on a print. I think we all know the value this will settle down to in a few years looking at the other prints, and it is not £10k or even £8k

I woke up this morning and wondered how much I would pay and that amount is around £1300 max

If i don't get one then fine, but when I add £200 for framing, its £1500 and thats plenty enough for me to spend on something this side of Christmas.

Bloody hell, well thats me told, a fool and their money etc

Happy christmas to the seller, I bet he is Mr Happy chappy.

£8k profit woweee.

Edited to add, Still find it hard to believe

I'd love to see the proof, but will have to take your word for it.

Same seller bought all eight apparently.....unless that was you snausages

Go on, tell yourself it's worth £8500

here we go....

Those that have will say its the most valuable thing since the Arc.
Those that do not have (ie me) will think it is worth around £1.3-1.5k on release.

This is known as a 'spread' of prices.

It does not make any sense....the editions have not been totally released and people are reported to have paid silly amounts of money. Dumb in my opinion....but still believe it is bitter fans bidding on the items to force the flippers to pay high listing fees without completing the deal.

Agreed. but there are some with ulterior motives to talk up the prices to then flog their own.

We see this everytime their is a banksy release - year on year.

To any new members, this forum will quieten down in the New Year once the bullshit has stopped.
Then normal service will be restored.

There are 100 pages of bullsh1t re the release. Lots of 'experts' talking about dates and times.
then the usual posts re who got / who did not and flippers and their prices.

Obviously we would all love to get one but with the sheer number of entries they will get v the number of prints available, there will be huge disappointment.

or those who want to talk down the prices

A fairly astute observation from RC. What's intriguing me is that there's not been any tangible discussion around the piece. The nod to Haring is acknowledged and improves what, without this, would be a weaker image.

My view...lacks the wit and humour (and social comment occasionally) of previous releases. I've not been attracted since Trolllies and Morons and given the choice between a B&W signed version of either of those two and this is a no brainer.

Prices will settle of course, there's 40% odd of the confirmed release yet to go and only the bravest of mercenary fuckers are selling (or not) now. In a month or so we'll get the same old excuses...

1. Wife doesn't like it
2. I'd like to trade for another signed Banksy (which I'll then sell, as don't want to known as a flipper)
3. Big, expensive Christmas to pay for
4. Snow boarding holiday
5. Nan died, got to pay to bury the old dear and give her a decent send off

Go on Matt Cardle!!!!

Not Banksy's best and wouldn't pay ten grand for one. Do like the Haring nod tho'

>>>What's intriguing me is that there's not been any tangible discussion around the piece. The nod to Haring is acknowledged and improves what, without this, would be a weaker image.<<<

*I* believe it to be a very intellectual print myself but one has to have insight into Haring's body of work and just what he was communicating about over and over and over and over. And the other artists he was communicating with. I believe Banksy understands that language and therefore this print makes sense to me. It may appear simple but I believe it is a language first and the image second. Kenny Scharf speaks the same narrative in much of his work and I find it more than coincidental that the abundance of color ways for this print just happen to mimic much of the color scheme Scharf used to repaint the famous Haring mural in NY the past 2 weeks. I could be wrong but I believe there is a deeper meaning to this print than the vast majority of viewers understand. Therefore the conclusion that it is a weaker image. I used to think the same of Haring until I dove into his body of work and now believe I know what much of it revolves around and the influence he had on others artists. I now look at his work much differently.

Near the end of his life in December '89 as Haring was winding down his oeuvre, he became VERY descriptive with instructions. On December 9th 1989 (a month or two before his death) he made a series of 16 or 17 drawings that to any onlooker would appear as chaotic nonsense. They are anything but and are instead some of the most descriptive works he ever painted in regards to a situation. In one particular drawing from that set done on the 9th shown here:
www.haring.com/cgi-bin/art_lrg.cgi?date=1989&genre=Drawing&id=00154

you'll notice a similar harness on a bird and it is poignant to the story. I'm not going to get into what these drawings are detailing but I have wondered if Banksy is referring to that wider narrative with his Haring dog composition. It's something I would love to ask this artist but that's obviously not happening. I may be way off base or onto something (and i believe the handful of Banksy works displayed at the recent show reflect it too.) Regardless, this print *to me* is one of the most powerful compositions he has produced.

Great post Lee3 and perhaps you're right and I'm approaching this from a too simplistic perspective? On the alternative maybe the image is what it says on the tin - commentary on the 'evolution' of society with Keith Haring's body of work being referred to just because it's relevant and available - low hanging fruit if you like.....

As you say, unlikely to get the definitive.

Could never get my head around Donuts either......

Is this a bit of a contradiction - it's one of his top prints but also weak