Urban Art Association

Yeah, looks that way. I think people can see Banksy becoming much bigger over the next few years so are not so willing to let those older print go.

...or be organised enough to keep the original receipts from 2003

I don't think there's a single Banksy print that has not come up for sale on ebay this year. You can wait years sometimes to find the print you want by many other artists so I don't know I'd say they're in short supply.

I think right now some people are waiting to see what happens as prices have stunk recently but also we saw a TON of prints go up for sale at Bloomsbury's, Bonhams, Christies etc. so much of the recent supply got shifted that way and not ebay - I'm sure we'll see more in the spring auctions.

And how do you define 'committed collectors'? I'm sure many of those old prints were bought up by people for super cheap, as it may not have been a huge expense out of their budget they may not be as pressured to sell. But as we've seen these will come up when those folks need to make major purchases.

MAYBE EARLIER BANKSYS HAVE CHARM AND WIT THAT COULD WELL BE ABSENT FROM LATER PIECES.

BONGO HAS HEARD THAT AMERICANS DO NOT UNDERSTAND IRONY. BONGO OF COURSE KNOWS THIS TO BE IF NOT A FALSHOOD, AT LEAST AN EXAGGERATION.

BONGO DOES HOWEVER SEE A LINEAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CURIOUSLY OFF CENTRE BRITISH TINGED EARLY BANKSYS - MOCKING STEADFASTLY BRITISH ICONS AND SYMBOLS, AND THE FAR WEAKER LA AND BEYOND SERIES OF IMAGES.

BONGO ARGUE THAT THERE COULD BE A CASE FOR ARGUING THAT IN ORDER TO LASSOO THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET, LATER IMAGES HAVE TO BE LESS SPECIFIC TO CATER TO THE DIFFERENCES IN PERCEPTION BETWEEN THE POPULACES.

TO BONGO, THE TURF WAR IMAGE IS MORE THAN JUST A PICTURE OF CHURCHILL WITH A HURON STYLE GRASS ADDITION, BUT BONGO ALSO AWARE THAT THE SUBTLE NUANCES OF THE IMAGE, THE DAYS EVENTS THAT LED UP TO THIS OFF THE CUFF ACT AND THE IRE IT PROVOKED AMONGST THE MORE STAID BRITISH POPULACE IS WONDERFULLY ICONIC AND EXPRESSLY BRITISH. BONGO THINK THAT UNLESS AMERICAN VIEWER IS VERY WELL READ IN THE MINUTAE OF A LONG HISTORY OF BRITISH PROTEST AND ACTIVISM GOING BACK TO WAT TYLER , THEN THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A ONE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE

BONGO IS ALWAYS CONCERNED WHEN AN ARTIST SEEMS TO PONDER TO THE AUDIENCE THAN HIS OWN CREATIVITY

BONGO HAS ONLY 2 ALBUMS IN RACK

DAVID BOWIE LOW AND DAVID BOWIE TIN MACHINE

BONGO KNOWS THAT BOTH REPRESENT A SNAPSHOT OF AN ARTISTS DEVELOPMENT AT A SPECIFIC PLACE IN TIME

BONGO WILL NOT WASTE HIS TIME PUTTING ON TIN MACHINE ALBUM AND ACCORDING TO BONGOS RESEARCH, MOST OTHER PEOPLE DO LIKEWISE

BONGO KNOW THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE RIGHT OR WRONG, JUST OPINION BASED ON PERSPECTIVE AND KNOWLEDGE

BONGO DID NOT LIKE OLD MINI AS OLD MINI WAS A RIOTOUS ASSEMBLAGE OF ILL MACHINED PARTS . BONGO LIKES THE NEW MINI BETTER & CAN APPRECIATE THE ENGINEERS COMPETENCE AND DEVELOPMENT QUALITIES.

THIS DOESNT MEAN THAT BONGO WOULD LIKE TO OWN OR DRIVE NEW MINI