Can you buy an original Banksy?

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1. Can you buy an original Banksy?
2. How much does an original Banksy sell for?
3. What was the first Banksy piece?
4. What's the most expensive Banksy?
5. Has anyone found out who Banksy?
6. Who is most likely to be Banksy?
7. Why does Banksy call himself Banksy?

Can you buy an original Banksy?

Luckily for collectors, it's possible to buy Banksy's art at a wide range of prices. It's true, some collectors have won auctions with eye-watering totals, but there are also much more affordable works available to budding investors.

How much does an original Banksy sell for?

And while a reproduction of the work remains in University Hospital Southampton, the original of the Game Changer was auctioned off at Christie's 20th Century Art Evening Sale on Ma - selling for $23,176,314 and becoming Banksy's most expensive artwork ever sold in auction.

What was the first Banksy piece?

Banksy's first known large wall mural was The Mild Mild West painted in 1997 to cover advertising of a former solicitors' office on Stokes Croft in Bristol. It depicts a teddy bear lobbing a Molotov cocktail at three riot police. Banksy's stencils feature striking and humorous images occasionally combined with slogans.

What's the most expensive Banksy?

Topline. A painting by Banksy, the most high-profile street artist in the world, broke the artist's record for most expensive work to sell at auction Tuesday when a painting dedicated to Britain's National Health Service sold for $20 million, with all proceeds set to go toward the NHS and health charities.

Has anyone found out who Banksy?

Banksy's identity has never been officially confirmed but that hasn't stopped many from speculating over who he could be. There has been intense speculation over Banksy's identity.

Who is most likely to be Banksy?

Del Naja is 54 now, meaning he would have been . The most probable candidate is Robin Gunningham, a Bristol native of whom associates and former schoolmates have corroborated the rumour.

Why does Banksy call himself Banksy?

“My dad was badly beaten up there as a kid,” he told fellow graffiti artist and author Felix Braun. He was trying out names at the time, sometimes signing himself Robin Banx, although this soon evolved into Banksy.