$60 Banksy Central Park Stencils Estimated to Sell for $200,000

Tessa Stuart



Remember last fall when Banksy was running around the city, throwing million dollar-paintings up, willy nilly? Of course you do. So you probably also remember that about halfway through his month-long "Better Out Than In" residency--when Banksy mania was at a fever pitch--an old man set up a stall in Central Park and sold spray art canvases for $60 a pop.

Refresher:

That video was posted on Banksy's website the next day along with the message: "Yesterday I set up a stall in the park selling 100% authentic original signed Banksy canvases. For $60 each."

And at that moment every person in this city turned to all of the others and exclaimed FOOLS, IDIOTS, IMBECILES! We could have been rich!!!

How rich? At the time we didn't know. We have an idea now, though, because two of the works--"Kids on Guns" and "Winnie the Pooh"--are going up for auction at Bonhams in London on July 2.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/06/60_banksy_central_park_stencils_estimated_to_sell_for_200000.php