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Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]

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Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]

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Post by feralmoan »

fnordfnordfnord wrote: post #39
feralmoan wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't care about Banksy either and don't feel to despondent having known it was right there, its the kind of crap I'd just walk past every other day of the week. The question does beg though why the hell this is on the front page of HN (and how much was actually sold? I'm guessing not a lot!). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LP5-AjCCNw

420 Dollars worth, according to the video.

I dumped a lot more than that at Comiccon on people with actual talent (non derivative works). Banksy is a very strange thing that I really don't understand at all however I'm glad for him that he knows how to capitalize. Is the mindless kowtowing to rat stencils really just a tip of the hat to those without talent but a distinct political advantage? I can understand how some people would be into that, given the industry we're in.

Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]

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Post by notatoad »

nilved wrote: post #41

The crazy underspray is uncharacteristic of Banksy. It looks like the artwork was intentionally made to look like ripoffs.

and the best part: he doesn't make any mention of identifying characteristics of the "100% authentic" pieces he was selling. He's just given every banksy rip-off a huge boost in credibility, and destroyed the resale market for his own work.

Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]

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Post by habosa »

jackschultz wrote: post #49

On a similar note, there is the story of Joshua Bell (a famous violinist) playing in a subway station and virtually everyone walked by. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Bell#Washington_Post_exp...

I find that much more amazing because you can hear how amazing Joshua Bell is as you walk by. You wouldn't hear it and say "that guy must be faking". It's common for NYC street vendors to sell art that is a copy of a more famous work, and there's no way to tell by looking.

Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]

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Post by notatoad »

colanderman wrote: post #42

Wtf? "Better Out Than In" is a stupid title. Please restore the original title, "Banksy sells original artwork for $60; valued at $750k". It's meaningful. /me wishes mod edits were logged with their username so they can be held accountable for stupid title edits like this.

explanation for the overzealous mods: better out than in is the title of banksy's residency in new york, not of this specific piece. you've changed an accurate title to an inaccurate one.

Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]

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Post by po »

GFischer wrote: post #43

420 USD for a day's work is almost ten times more than I make. Should I go to NYC and put up a stand? :) I'm glad for the buyers.

That's revenue. Those large canvases he's selling his 'spray art' on aren't exactly cheap, especially for the larger ones. Also you're going to be paying NYC prices for your food and transportation. But yeah overall, he didn't do too badly.

Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]

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Post by cookingrobot »

notatoad wrote: post #52
nilved wrote: post #41

The crazy underspray is uncharacteristic of Banksy. It looks like the artwork was intentionally made to look like ripoffs.

and the best part: he doesn't make any mention of identifying characteristics of the "100% authentic" pieces he was selling. He's just given every banksy rip-off a huge boost in credibility, and destroyed the resale market for his own work.

Everyone who bought a piece is featured in that video. If you're going to buy one of these, you should probably make sure it's from one of those people.

Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]

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Post by graeme »

notatoad wrote: post #54
colanderman wrote: post #42

Wtf? "Better Out Than In" is a stupid title. Please restore the original title, "Banksy sells original artwork for $60; valued at $750k". It's meaningful. /me wishes mod edits were logged with their username so they can be held accountable for stupid title edits like this.

explanation for the overzealous mods: better out than in is the title of banksy's residency in new york, not of this specific piece. you've changed an accurate title to an inaccurate one.

Thanks for pointing that out. If the mods had used the post title, this link would be:

"Central Park"

Which is worse than useless.

Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]

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Post by ScotterC »

fennecfoxen wrote: post #38
inmygarage wrote: post #19

I would like to know where this $750K number is coming from. Generally Banksy originals of this kind are priced closer to low five-figures, but if someone has inside knowledge here please share. This article puts the value at around 20K pounds: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/banksy-sells-origina...

Anyone else take a look at that sort of price tag and ponder whether they're in the wrong business? :P

You can price something for any amount. Whether it sells at all or in vast quantities is another matter :)

Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]

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Post by tehwebguy »

feralmoan wrote: post #51
fnordfnordfnord wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

420 Dollars worth, according to the video.

I dumped a lot more than that at Comiccon on people with actual talent (non derivative works). Banksy is a very strange thing that I really don't understand at all however I'm glad for him that he knows how to capitalize. Is the mindless kowtowing to rat stencils really just a tip of the hat to those without talent but a distinct political advantage? I can understand how some people would be into that, given the indu…

Banksy is probably here because he's sort of a mystery, it seems that no one knows his true identity even after like 20 years.

Most of his work is illegally painted or pasted onto public walls and he hasn't been caught yet.

This "installment" is ironic because his art was sold on the cheap as if it were knock offs, like basically everything else sold on NY streets.

His style isn't entirely original but if it seems tired it's probably from seeing his imitators. Searching ebay for Banksy and excluding his books turns up 100,000 results, all of which appear to be ripoffs, bootlegs and tag spam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy http://www.ebay.com/sch/?_nkw=banksy

Re: Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]

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Post by threeseed »

inmygarage wrote: post #19

I would like to know where this $750K number is coming from. Generally Banksy originals of this kind are priced closer to low five-figures, but if someone has inside knowledge here please share. This article puts the value at around 20K pounds: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/banksy-sells-origina...

I collect street art as my hobby and Banksy originals are much, much higher than low 5 figures for an original. Usually it's that amount of money for a print edition run of 150/200.

That said it is a supply/demand game and these aren't as intricate or interesting as his other pieces.

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