christ on a bike, there's some work there!!

what a collection wow!!!

so i take it he's been collecting pieces when they originally came out?

also is that Bush on the cucifix overlooking the bed? (don't think i could wake up to him every morning)

'christ on a bike' - where can i get a print with that title?

He is a serious collector for sure - been in it long term but not all of it was when it came out. Bush is overlooking the bed, in fact that's my bedroom as I am looking after that canvas for him due to a slight lack of space at his place. You are right it is a bit unnerving waking up to it, but its the only space I have to place it so it will have to do until I can rearrange things.

lol welcome marsh (forgot my manners) ... i've always got wall space if you're running short

WOW!

interesting idea, i feel a comission coming on..

Thanks for the welcome guys. Wish I had even a 10th of his collection. Ive got an unsigned Grannies and Applause and a few signed Blek's along with a bunch of other stuff I like but nothing this amazing.

The only problem I have is changing my mind about which signed print I would want to get my hands on....it used to be Happy Chopper but now I am liking Flying Copper a lot more....choices choices but not enough cash at the moment!!

Never seen the white flying copper. Can any one tell me more about this

Cheers

there's a reissue of the nowhere bus at the aquarium

I think the Aquarium re-issue is the "Nowhere Buses" (plural) and is on the page linked above (Curley - can you confirm?). At the price, I think it's a very good print buy. Though, I personally prefer the later version used on the Pretty Vacant cover.

You can pick up the Pretty Vacant version, as well as the Nowhere bus at Opus: www.opus-art.com . They're not cheap though.

Incidentally, did you see that Jamie Reid is doing a special signing at Aquarium next month? Apparently, there's going to be a very special print for the event. Jamie is a really cool guy and an absolute legend. Well worth attending me thinks.

ThursdayFeeling,

The 'Riot Copper' was actually the subject of my very first post on this Forum almost three months ago. It was listed on eBay at the end of February, until it was pulled in early March.

Copy and paste the whole of the following:

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D280087136420%26fvi%3D1&item=280087136420&rd=1

A number of people here were categoric in calling it a fake. I suspect it was simply because they hadn't seen one before. Of course, they could also have been bidding themselves.

banksyforum.proboards82.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=ebaychat&thread=1172430141&page=1

I came in preaching and tut-tutting, generally saying "be careful of passing judgement on things you know little about". Amusingly, and perhaps not surprisingly, I ended up with a -2 or -3 "respect" score after that first post. You can only imagine what this did to my already low self-esteem. I hid away in my bedroom for days afterwards.

The piece in question was described on the eBay listing as a print. In fact, it was an acrylic and spraypaint original on cartridge paper (unsigned). Done as a gift by Banksy around the time of the 'Turf War' exhibition in Dalston in summer 2003. Just like the ones that were on the bridge at the start of Kingsland Road in Hoxton.

The piece was sold off-eBay for around two grand to a very nice chap. Didn't have enough cash or credit at the time, but great to see that it wasn't immediately on-sold.

What depresses me is the number of frames he has stacked on the floor in one of the pics- imagine what they could be! Lucky bugger

Cheers!

I still can't see any on the Aquarium site though, took a look at the Opus site but I'm just picking myself off the floor after reading the single nowhere bus is £1800 for a giclee!! I'm not entertaining that!

The Nowhere Busses is on the Aquarium Jamie Reid page you posted the link to. Over half way down, on the left hand side, in the Mayday Mayday section. As I said, at the price I think it's a good buy.

Opus Art is very expensive. Though, I've seen the classic Jamie Reid's (including the Giclees and other digital prints) fetch tidy sums right across the secondary market. Not surprising really given that Reid's works defined the entire punk movement. That said, he's not shy about churning out stuff and doing re-issues and so you're never really sure how limited the work you buy is. Irrelevant if you're spending £150, but if you're thinking about spending £1800 it becomes very relevant.