Hahah! You're dumb.
I was trying to sound as nice as possible without sounding like a douche. Nice one on picking that up buddy, you must be the smartest of the bunch huh? :kaboom:
Just because it's your opinion, doesn't mean every one shares it...:bored:
Is that guy still whining about the graffiti art?
Laughing all the way to the Banksy
THE phenomenon of Banksy, an English graffiti artist, seems to have got out of hand. Banksy, who trades heavily on his anonymity, began drawing on walls alongside streets in north London and Bristol, his hometown.
But his stencils—often of rats making mordant political jokes—have come in from the cold streets to the prosperous warmth of London galleries and auction houses. Record prices for Banksies have been repeatedly set and exceeded over the past nine months.
The rush began in February, when Sotheby's sold seven of Banksy's works in oil, enamel, acrylic and spray-paint. Bonhams took up the baton, and set the pace in April, selling Banksy's “Space Girl and Bird” for £288,000. This autumn, Bonhams has auctioned another 11 Banksies, and Bloomsbury no fewer than 21.
The April record was broken at Sotheby's on October 12th, when “The Rude Lord” (pictured)—an 18th century portrait that Banksy altered to show the subject giving a middle-finger salute—fetched £322,900. At a less well publicised Sotheby's sale three days later, six Banksies sold for a total of £447,000. Sotheby's has put three more in their sale on December 12th, with a modest top estimate of £150,000-£200,000.
Sucks to be him. He must be some kind of major art critic. Oh wait...