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“Banksy: I can’t believe you morons actually buy this sh*t” and The Prints & Multiples skyrocketing sales

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The Prints & Multiples and ‘Banksy: I can’t believe you morons actually buy this sh*t’ online sales realised a total of £4,879,125/$6,734,926/€5,694,067.

Banksy: I can’t believe you morons actually buy this sh*t’ is cheekily titled in homage to the artist’s Morons screenprint. The source image of this work is a photograph of the record-breaking sale of Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers at Christie’s in 1987, with van Gogh’s canvas replaced by Banksy’s text.

Upcoming Banksy Auctions – June & July 2021

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Aside Banksy’s street art, the British artist has been creating works for sale for more than 20 years. The earliest pieces at auction date from 1998, while his earliest commercial prints are from 2002. By the late 2000s, the art world had caught up with Banksy’s popular appeal. Now, there has been a series of record-breaking sales of all kinds of works by Banksy.