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Link to tweet
BBC Radio Bristol ✔@bbcrb
Its definitely a #Banksy!
The artist has confirmed the latest artwork in Barton Hill is his work 🎨
2:42 AM - Feb 14, 2020 · Bristol, England
Close up:
Not overtly political, but still visually stunning!
samnsara
(17,650 posts)..does the bank just have his/her/their acct as Banksy? and no other info?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Owner Name:
Pest Control Office Limited
Owner Address:
27 Old Gloucester Street
London UNITED KINGDOM WC1N_3AX
Legal Entity Type:
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
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https://pestcontroloffice.com/whatispco.html
Banksy is not represented by any other gallery or institution. All enquiries and complaints should be directed to the address below.
customerservices@pestcontroloffice.com
Response to jberryhill (Reply #2)
Dennis Donovan This message was self-deleted by its author.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)People conduct business every day with entities that are not identified with any particular individual.
If you want to set up a corporation owned by a trust, and have nominee directors as authorized signatories on any required documents, nobody on the outside needs to know who you are, and your attorney certainly can't violate your confidentiality.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)I'll self-delete my reply to you. I was mistaken.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I usually try to show receipts. My post links to the USPTO and to the site of the actual company.
This is the UK Companies House record:
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10580762
You will note that PCO Ltd. has two directors:
VARJAG LTD
Correspondence address
71 Worcester Court, Tonyrefail, Porth, United Kingdom, CF39 8JU
Role Active
Secretary
Appointed on
24 January 2017
Placed registered
UNITED KINGDOM
Registration number
04887693
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BANKSY, Lawrence
Correspondence address
71 Worcester Court, Tonyrefail, Porth, Mid Glamorgan, United Kingdom, CF39 8JU
Role Active
Director
Date of birth
July 1967
Appointed on
24 January 2017
Nationality
Norwegian
Country of residence
Norway
Occupation
Manager
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Needless to say, folks have been trying to 'get behind' Pest Control for quite some time. It's an interesting story if you are into the Banksy stuff....
https://www.myartbroker.com/artist/banksy/the-practical-guide-to-pest-control/
What is The Pest Control Office?
Pest Control is the only official body that can authenticate your Banksy print. It was set up in 2009 and is run by Banksy himself. It continues his desire to keep at arms-length from the traditional gallery system. It also, very occasionally, has works to sell; you can sign up for an email list to be contacted about such news.
No other body has the authority to authenticate Banksys works, although from time to time there are attempts to establish dealer-led independent verification bodies, none of them has achieved any true staying power.
Pest Control only certifies pieces that were produced for commercial sale, mostly the editions of silkscreen prints. Street-art pieces made on walls, doors, etc., wont get a certificate (with a few occasional exceptions). They were never meant to be sold so Banksy wont condone their sale later on (for more information on this please read Is That A Real Banksy? How To Verify Banksy Prints With Pest Control.
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http://theconversation.com/banksy-finally-goes-to-court-to-stop-unauthorised-merchandising-despite-saying-copyright-is-for-losers-112390
Banksy finally goes to court to stop unauthorised merchandising, despite saying copyright is for losers
The unauthorised copying of Banksy works is widespread a stroll through Londons popular markets in Camden and Brick Lane, and a quick search online proves that. His work has been printed and reproduced on everything from mugs to mouse mats. But despite previous rumours that Banksys lawyers have sent letters to complain about his artworks being exploited, it seems so far that these objections have not made their way into courtrooms.
However, at the end of 2018, Pest Control, the handling service that authenticates Banksys artworks, took action against an Italian company that organised an exhibition The art of Banksy. A visual protest for Milans Mudec Museum. The event opened in November 2018, and runs until April 2019.
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It's the only way to authenticate Banksy works or Banksy-authorized reproductions.
It is, literally, the office Banksy uses to control pests.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,385 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,385 posts)...
Banksy confirmed he was behind the piece by posting a picture of the work on his Instagram page at midnight on Valentine's Day.
But an offensive phrase has now been daubed over the street artist's design in bright pink lettering.
A perspex panel placed over the artwork on Thursday to protect it has also been torn down, with the vandals directly defacing Banksy's design.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-51515557
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)David Anslow, property owner: I had a house in Easton, Bristol where Banksy used to hang out which I was renting out to students. One day, one of the students phoned up to ask if his graffiti artist friend could do some artwork on the side. I thought it would be pretty cool but didnt think much more about it. Years later, a friend of ours suddenly said, Did you know youve got a Banksy on your house? He showed me Banksys book, Wall and Piece, and there was our house, with a 32-foot mural on it, the full width of the building. It reminded me of Picassos Guernica.
The crazy thing is that at the time we were trying to sell the house, but couldnt sell it because of the graffiti. People went, We love the house, but were not buying it with all that stuff on the side. Then we had this bright idea of selling the Banksy and throwing the house in for free as a publicity stunt for the urban art gallery Red Propeller we were starting.
Banksy for sale with free house! ... Anslows five-bed end of terrace house in Bristol Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA
I wanted to make sure any buyer would preserve the mural, but then it all kicked off. The phone started ringing day and night. An Australian offered £400,000. Someone from Los Angeles wanted to take the entire wall to California the house would have fallen down. When the council sent someone to clean it off, the local people went mad and chased them down the street: we were all very protective of the Banksy. But once the news got round, someone broke into the house, smashed it up and chucked buckets of red paint all over the picture. It was ruined, but then every graffiti artist in Bristol wanted to tag it, so it became this collage of graffiti art, with the remnants of the Banksy still visible.
When it all quietened down, the house sold for around its value: £160,000. Part of the reason Banksy goes incognito is because he got into trouble with the council for defacing public property.
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Getting your wall tagged by Banksy is a mixed bag, I guess.