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Banksy pieces sold at auction

Banksy pieces sold at auction

Two spray paintings by Banksy sold for an above-estimate £120,000 pounds each in a London sale of urban art last night. “Laugh Now but One Day We’ll Be in Charge“ featuring a chimpanzee wearing a sandwich board, and “Bombing Middle England,” showing pensioners playing bowls with grenades, achieved the joint top price with fees at a sale by the U.K. regional auction house. They had been expected to fetch up to 50,000 pounds and 80,000 pounds each. Both were bought…

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Council vandalises Banksy’s latest masterpiece

Council vandalises Banksy’s latest masterpiece

A new stencil by Banksy, possibly worth over £100,000 , has been painted over by the local council . Last year, Islington Council had a policy of protecting Banksy’s work . It compiled a list of works by Banksy in their area to prevent them being painted over by clean-up teams. But the council now seems to have had a change of heart and said: ‘It’s graffiti and we treat it that way, whether it’s Banksy or not. Residents in…

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