37 Originals sold at auction in 2021 for a total of
GBP 106,219,221 / USD 146,098,990
The highest total ever achieved at auction in a calendar year
This compares to a total of just over USD 34 million for the 12 lots sold in 2020.
Sotheby’s keeps the lead position with 14 lots sold for GBP 50,207,089 / USD 68,752,370, but closely followed by Christie’s with 12 lots sold amounting to a total of GBP 45,646,926 / USD 62,980,975.
Love Is In The Bin (2018) sold at Sotheby’s London on 14 October 2021 for a record GBP 18,852,000 (USD 25,457,340), just about three years after Girl with Balloon (2006) sold for GBP 1,042,000 (USD 1,365,482) at Sotheby’ London on 5 October 2018 and was shredded live in front of a flabbergasted audience.
Game Changer (2020) sold at Christie’s London on 23 March 2021 for GBP 16,758,000 (USD 23,210,000); the second highest price ever paid at auction for a Banksy original. All funds to benefit the NHS.
The third most expensive lot of 2021 is a painting from Banksy’s Crude Oils series, Sunflowers from Petrol Station (2005), sold for GBP 10,783,704 (USD 14,558,000).
Love Is In the Air (2005), a version on canvas of Banksy’s iconic visual sold at Sotheby’s New-York on 12 May 2021 for USD 12,903,000. Another version, Love Is In the Air (2006), this time in an edition of 15 on canvas, sold at Sotheby’s New-York on 18 November 2021 for USD 8,077,200.
Monkeys remain a collector’s favorite, with 9 Banksy originals featuring a monkey sold in 2021 for a total of GBP 14,352,946 / USD 19,824,506.
Barely Legal, held in Los Angeles in 2006, was the most important show of Banksy in the US, and it substantially increased the artist’s notoriety globally. 3 paintings exhibited at Barely Legal sold at auction in 2021 for a total value of GBP 11,918,778 (USD 16,438,400).
Some works such as Kate Moss, Fallen Angel, London New-York Bristol (Monkey) or Tortoise Helmet were bought in in June 2021, which is quite unusual for Banksy at auction. But, obviously as more and more originals are being auctioned off, it appears quite normal for the number of bought-in lots to increase. As it is the case for all artists, whether dead or alive, some artworks or series are more desirable than others, and are more valuable than others…
#1. Love Is In The Bin, 2018
Sotheby’s London: 14 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 4,000,000 – 6,000,000
GBP 18,582,000 / USD 25,457,340
Love is in the Bin | Contemporary Art Evening Auction | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY
Love Is In The Bin, 2018
Spray paint and acrylic on canvas mounted on board, framed by the artist
Decommissioned, remote controlled shredding mechanism remains in the frame.
142x78x18 cm (60 x 30.9 x 7 inches)
Undermining the establishment has always been at the heart of Banksy’s work, indeed, taking the artworld down a peg or two has particular currency in his imagery and ideology. It should therefore have come as no surprise that Banksy would mastermind perhaps the most extraordinary and elaborate feat of artistic subterfuge in recent history: the moment Girl with Balloon ‘self-destructed’ at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 5 October 2018. But of course, this wasn’t an act of destruction, it was a moment of creation, a metamorphosis that transformed Banksy’s Girl with Balloon into an entirely new work of art…
Hidden within the ornate gilded frame surrounding Banksy’s famous spray-painted image was a shredding mechanism that began whirring and beeping as soon as Oliver Barker hammered down the gavel on the winning GBP 1,042,000 bid: a gob smacked, audience looked on as the canvas began to pass through the frame in neatly cut strips. By the time the work was removed from view by Sotheby’s technicians, the machinery had stopped shredding halfway through the composition; a malfunction unexpected by the artist who, on his Instagram, claimed that ‘it worked in rehearsals every time’.
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Not knowing what was to come, Sotheby’s had placed the work at the end of one of the phone banks in a position reserved for works set to achieve high prices – a spot that played right into the artist’s hands as the event was immortalized on camera. In the days and weeks that followed Banksy’s shredded canvas became a cultural phenomenon: 30,000 news stories ensued globally, and the infamous painting became the subject of memes, political cartoons, protest placards, fridge magnets and t-shirts, to name only a few imaginative uses. It has since been exhibited at the Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden and more recently at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Its impact on the latter’s visitor numbers was substantial and further reinforces the power of this image and its mysterious author.
#2. Game Changer, 2020
Christie’s London: 22 March 2021
Estimated: GBP 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
GBP 16,758,000 / USD 23,114,482
BANKSY
Game Changer, 2020
Oil on canvas
91×91 cm (35.9 x 35.9 inches)
Signed “BANKSY” (lower right)
On 6 May 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a painting entitled Game Changer appeared at University Hospital Southampton. In crisp, linear detail, it showed a young boy playing with a selection of superhero dolls. This is a fine example of Banksy using his talent and platform to advance a philanthropic effort. He gifted the canvas to Southampton General Hospital, and the proceeds from the sale were used to support the wellbeing of the University Hospital’s staff and patients.
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In Game Changer, Batman and Spiderman lie discarded in a bin; instead, the child clutches his new idol – a new superhero, better than the ones we see on TV and in cinema. A masked, uniformed nurse soars to the rescue, her cape fluttering and arm outstretched towards the sky.
#3. Sunflowers from Petrol Station, 2005
Christie’s New-York: 8 November 2021
Estimated: USD 12,000,000 – 18,000,000
USD 14,558,000
BANKSY
Sunflowers from Petrol Station, 2005
Oil on canvas, in artist’s frame
102.6 x 87.5 cm (40.6 x 34.4 inches)
Signed ‘Banksy’, center left
Further signed and dated ‘BANKSY OCOTBER 2005’, on the stretcher
Held for its entire life in the collection of legendary British fashion designer Sir Paul Smith, Sunflowers from Petrol Station is an icon within Banksy’s oeuvre. Witty, irreverent and subversive, it offers a wry reimagining of Vincent van Gogh’s celebrated Sunflowers, transforming the Dutch master’s radiant yellow blooms into a cluster of dried, wilted stems.
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Acquired by Smith directly from the exhibition, it is an outstanding demonstration of Banksy’s virtuosity as a painter, and his acerbic flair as a satirist. Through the comedic pathos of withered petrol station flowers—a modern-day memento mori—the artist implicates the pollution of both art and nature at the hands of consumerism: neither, he warns, will last forever in its clutches. Against a backdrop of thickly-wrought impasto, dead petals accumulate around the base of the vase, which bears the artist’s name—in place of Van Gogh’s—in blue lettering.
#4. Love is in the Air, 2005
Sotheby’s New-York: 12 May 2021
Estimated: USD 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
USD 12,903,000
Love is in the Air | Contemporary Art Evening Auction | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY
Love is in the Air, 2005
Oil and spray paint on canvas
90×90 cm (35.4 x 36.4 inches)
Love is in the Air is a quintessential Banksy painting. Instantly recognizable, the image has become synonymous with the artist’s indelible graphic style, wry humor and galvanizing political commentary. Banksy’s subject adopts the archetypal pose of civic unrest, preparing to hurl a brick or bomb towards an unseen foe.
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One of the artist’s most cherished works on canvas, further distinguished by the inclusion of hand painted flowers in oil, Love is in the Air is a work that reminds us of the injustice and inequality that exists around us, and offers a simple message of hope. It is indisputable that this bold and declarative work helped to establish Banksy’s place in art history, cementing his reputation as a pivotal and universally heard artistic voice.
USD 10 million
#5. Love Is In The Air, 2006
Sotheby’s New-York: 18 November 2021
Estimated: USD 4,000,000 – 6,000,000
USD 8,077,200
Love is in the Air | The Now Evening Auction | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY
Love Is In The Air, 2006
Oil and spray paint on canvas
90×90 cm (35.4 x 35.4 inches)
Tagged on the turnover edge
Signed, dated ‘May 2006’ and numbered 13/15 (on the overlap)
#6. Trolley Hunters, 2006
Sotheby’s New-York: 18 November 2021
Estimated: USD 5,000,000 – 7,000,000
USD 6,698,400
Trolley Hunters | The Now Evening Auction | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY
Trolley Hunters, 2006
Oil and emulsion on canvas
137×214 cm (53.9 x 84.2 inches)
Tagged (lower right)
Further signed and dated ‘1 August 2006’ (on the overlap)
Featured in Barely Legal, Banksy’s seminal 2006 exhibition in Los Angeles that triggered widespread acclaim and recognition for the artist, Trolley Hunters is the perfect incarnation of Banksy’s distinctive marriage of street art, graffiti and satire. Featuring three prehistoric men in a desert, the atmosphere of Trolley Hunters is both eerie and lighthearted, its illustrative style belying the acerbic humor and depth of meaning of the painting.
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Holding various weapons, the three men pictured are poised to attack. The targets of their attack are, in typical Banksy fashion, trolleys – or shopping carts. The poignancy of the resulting work is twofold; firstly in its timeless critique of capitalism, and secondly in its unique and unexpected resonance today. The trolley, comic in its incongruity, nods to our consumer society’s predilection for, and reliance on, highly processed, branded packaged food products, and our inability to fend for ourselves.
#7. Subject to Availability, 2009
Estimated: GBP 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
GBP 4,582,500 / USD 6,326,798
BANKSY
Subject to Availability, 2009
Oil on canvas, in artist’s frame
159.5 x 220.3cm (62.7 x 86.7 inches)
Witty, satirical and timely, Subject to Availability is an important work from Banksy’s celebrated series of vandalized oil paintings. Hijacking an 1890 painting of Mount Rainier in Seattle by the German-American artist Albert Bierstadt, Banksy inserts an asterisk next to the dormant volcano at the center of the composition, captioning it ‘*subject to availability for a limited period only’.
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Subject to Availability neatly juxtaposes environmental destruction and the vandalization of art. The latter has been a key element of Banksy’s practice for nearly two decades, fueled by a desire to liberate creative expression from the lofty bonds of institutional reverence. Having garnered attention as a police-dodging graffiti artist after moving from Bristol to London at the turn of the millennium, he embarked upon a series of pranks that brought the spirit of his urban interventions into the halls of galleries and museums.
#8. Sale Ends Today, 2006
Christie’s Hong-Kong: 23 May 2021
Estimated: HKD 21,000,000 – 28,000,000
HKD 47,050,000 / USD 6,059,162
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BANKSY
Sale Ends Today, 2006
Oil on canvas
213.4 x 426.7cm (84×168 inches)
Created in 2006, Sale Ends Today plays out Banksy’s irreverent humor on an epic scale. Across a vast white canvas more than four meters wide, he uses his trademark stencil technique to depict four kneeling women, who variously pray, collapse or throw up their hands in attitudes of lament.
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Wearing voluminous robes and veils, they would be at home as mourners in an Old Masterly portrayal of the deposition of Christ. Rather than the messiah, however, the object of the women’s distress is a more secular icon: a large red sign with white block capitals reading ‘SALE ENDS TODAY.’ With this wry parody of art history’s most storied subject matter, Banksy makes a biting comment on contemporary consumerism, which, he implies, rivals the zeal of religious devotion.
#9. Girl with Balloon (Diptych), 2005
Christie’s London: 14 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 2,600,000 – 3,500,000
GBP 3,042,500 / USD 4,168,225
BANKSY
Girl with Balloon (Diptych), 2005
Spray paint on canvas, in two parts
Each: 30.2 x 30.2 cm (12×12 inches)
Tagged ‘BANKSY’ (on the overlap)
Signed and dated ‘BANKSY 5/9/05‘ (on the stretcher)
Numbered ‘6/25’ (on the stretcher)
#10. Original Concept for Barely Legal Poster (after Demi Moore), 2006
Sotheby’s London: 27 March 2021
Estimated: GBP 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
GBP 2,677,000 / USD 3,672,657
BANKSY
Original Concept for Barely Legal Poster (after Demi Moore), 2006
Spray paint and emulsion on canvas
213 x 137.5 cm (83.9 x 54 inches)
Created in 2006 and used as the poster image for the artist’s landmark LA exhibition in September that year, Original Concept for Barely Legal Poster (After Demi Moore) is Banksy at his most outrageous. Featured on advertisements pasted around the city in the days leading up to the exhibition, this image was the perfect emblem for Banksy’s breakthrough US show: Barely Legal.
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As the ultimate tongue-in-cheek symbol for his LA show, the present work on canvas takes on one of the most famous and controversial images of Hollywood celebrity: Demi Moore’s iconic 1991 Vanity Fair cover. Featuring the idiosyncratic monkey mask – a disguise associated with Banksy himself and familiar to well-known images of the notoriously anonymous artist – this mischievous and brazen parody utterly encapsulates the daring humor at the heart of the artist’s breakthrough exhibition.
#11. Laugh Now, 2006
Sotheby’s London: 29 June 2021
Estimated: GBP 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
GBP 2,435,000 / USD 3,371,975
Laugh Now | 《現在儘管笑吧》 | Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY
Laugh Now, 2006
Spray-paint on metal
129.5 x 91 cm (51 x 35.9 inches)
Signed and dated on the reverse
A majority of Banksy’s works available on the market have been executed on canvas. The artist is at his best when combining his scathing, jet-black humor with a material that reflects the aesthetic of urban life and the authenticity of his intentions. Outside of the Think Tank series on metal panels commissioned by the pop band Blur, examples of his signature stencils on metal are incredibly rare and highly sought after.
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In its raw immediacy and use of a found-industrial material as the painting’s foundation, we are reminded of the central paradoxes of Banksy’s career: at once poignant and pun-fueled, he toes the line between vandal and creator, creating works of acerbic impact that advocate for the marginalized in society. The chimpanzee or monkey is one of the most powerful motifs in Banksy’s arsenal. With a full and detailed stencil composition articulated in a wider than usual range of spray-painted tones and on large scale also unusual for this motif, this unique painting on metal is an exceptional and quintessential example of Banksy’s work.
#12. Laugh Now Panel A, 2002
Phillips Hong-Kong: 8 June 2021
Estimated: HKD 22,000,000 – 32,000,000
HKD 24,450,000 / USD 3,150,813
Banksy – 20th Century & Contemporary Ar… Lot 22 June 2021 | Phillips
BANKSY
Laugh Now Panel A, 2002
Spray paint and emulsion on dry wall, in artist’s frame
178.5 x 74 cm (70.2 x 29.1 inches)
Rendered in his signature monochrome stenciled style, Laugh Now Panel A is immediately recognizable as one of Banksy’s most iconic motifs, featuring a forlorn monkey with slumped shoulders wearing a sandwich board that bears the foreboding pledge, “Laugh now, but one day we’ll be in charge.” As a culturally formidable image that conveys more than it initially may suggest, the present work masterfully encapsulates Banksy’s ability to distil complex statements into a powerful means of artistic expression.
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The present work is thus rare, not only because it was also created in the year 2002, making it one of Banksy’s first Laugh Now creations, but also because this specific iteration – Laugh Now Panel A– boasts the historical significance of having been unveiled at the artist’s first Los Angeles show (and fourth ever solo show in a formal exhibition space), which was hosted at 33 1/3 Gallery between 19 July – 18 August 2002. Titled Existencilism, the exhibition debuted works including Queen Victoria and Love is in the air, which along with his Laugh Now chimps, are now considered icons of our times.
#13. Gas Mask Boy, 2009
Phillips London: 15 April 2021
Estimated: GBP 1,600,000 – 2,000,000
GBP 2,200,500 / USD 3,032,662
Banksy – 20th Century & Contemporary A… Lot 21 April 2021 | Phillips
BANKSY
Gas Mask Boy, 2009
Spray paint and oil on wood
92.5 x 72 cm (36.4 x 28.4 inches)
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In Gas Mask Boy, the artist aims his critique at the policing of graffiti art on an elementary level, but also at the environmental damage imposed upon younger generations, which might lead them to eventually lose sight of flowering meadows and be forced into masks for sanitary protection. Particularly poignant in the present work, the gas mask has been a recurring symbol in Banksy’s iconography. Evidently a tool to disguise his likeness (Banksy has, to this day, still not been visually identified), the mask furthermore contains fringe associations that transform it into a message of subversion in itself.
#14. Girl with Balloon, 2003
Sotheby’s London: 29 June 2021
Estimated: GBP 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
GBP 2,072,000 / USD 2,870,000
Girl with Balloon | British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY
Girl with Balloon, 2003
Spray paint on canvas
40.5 x 40.5 cm (16×16 inches)
Stenciled with the artist’s name on the overlap
Numbered 24/25 on the stretcher
With its striking simplicity and raw immediacy, Girl with Balloon, 2003, is one of the most widely recognizable images by the anonymous artist Banksy. Unlike the other editioned iterations of this famous motif, the present example belongs to a rare silkscreen edition of 25 artist’s proofs.
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Beating Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire, Constable’s The Hay Wain and Hockney’s A Bigger Splash to the top spot, Banksy’s Girl with Balloon was voted the nation’s favorite artwork in a 2017 poll; a resounding affirmation of the broad and wide-reaching popularity of this undeniably iconic and culturally formidable image. This accolade was further compounded by the dramatic live ‘shredding’ event at Sotheby’s in October 2018 which notoriously turned a Girl with Balloon canvas into Love is in the Bin – a work that dominated headlines the world over, taking the art world by storm.
#15. Laugh Now But One Day We’ll Be in Charge, 2000
Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 18 June 2021
Estimated: HKD 6,200,000 – 9,300,000
HKD 18,920,000 / USD 2,282,681
BANKSY
Laugh Now But One Day We’ll Be in Charge, 2000
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
61×61 cm (24×24 inches)
#16. Monkey Detonator, 2000
Christie’s New-York: 8 November 2021
Estimated: USD 1,800,000 – 2,500,000
USD 2,190,000
BANKSY
Monkey Detonator, 2000
Spray paint on canvas
30×30 inches (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
This work is from a varying series and is accompanied by original Metropolitan Police tag
A provocateur of the utmost degree, Banksy has forged a career rooted in rebelliousness and shrouded in mystery. The artist’s keen eye for political and social commentary mixes with dark humor and biting satire to create work that is anything but superficial yet still retains an accessibility for a broad audience. A poignant example of his subversive work from the early 2000s, Monkey Detonator is a sharp image with ties to major themes within the artist’s oeuvre. Part of a varying series derived from a motif originally spray painted on a wall of an industrial unit, this mischievous monkey is poised to set off an explosion at any moment. Using the same stencil as the original, Banksy transports the urban environment onto canvas.
#17. Laugh Now But One Day We’ll Be In Charge
Christie’s New-York: 11 May 2021
Estimated: USD 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
USD 2,070,000
Laugh Now But One Day We’ll Be In Charge, 2002
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Powerful for its ability to exist in the street and gallery simultaneously, Banksy’s work consistently proves that he is inspired by the very pulse of modern life. The artist’s ability of cutting to the heart of contemporary issues for decades has made him a household name, even while his true identity remains unknown.
#18. Hummingbird, 2015
Christie’s Hong-Kong: 24 May 2021
Estimated: HKD 11,000,000 – 16,000,000
HKD 15,850,000 / USD 2,041,184
BANKSY (B.1974), Hummingbird | Christie’s (christies.com)
BANKSY (B.1974)
Hummingbird, 2015
Fiberglass, spray paint and emulsion on board in the original frame by the artist
65x55x40 cm (25 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 15 3/4 inches)
Signed ‘BANKSY’ (lower right)
This work is unique from a varied series
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#19. Girl With Ice Cream on Palette, 2004
Bonhams London: 24 March 2021
Estimated: GBP 300,000 – 500,000
GBP 1,102,750 / USD 1,339,113
Bonhams : BANKSY (B. 1975) Girl With Ice Cream on Palette 2004
BANKSY
Girl With Ice Cream on Palette, 2004
Spray paint and emulsion on wood
59.7 x 50 cm (23.5 x 19.7 inches)
#20. Flower Chucker
Hessink’s: 26 May 2021
USD 1,492,537
BANKSY
Flower Chucker, 2003
Spray-paint on cardboard
56 x 54.5 cm (26 3/4 x 26 5/8 inches)
Unique from a varied series
#21. Laugh Now, 2002
Sotheby’s London: 13 April 2021
Estimated: GBP 400,000 – 600,000
GBP 862,000 / USD 1,184,391
Laugh Now | Contemporary Curated | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY (b. 1975)
Laugh Now, 2002
Spray paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm (12×12 inches)
Stenciled with the artist’s signature on the overturn
Signed on the reverse
#22. Love Is In The Air, 2002
Phillips New-York: 23 June 2021
Estimated: USD 1,000,000 – 2,000,000
USD 1,179,500
Banksy – 20th Century & Contemporary Ar… Lot 46 June 2021 | Phillips
BANKSY
Love Is In The Air, 2002
Spray-paint on canvas
20×17 inches (50.8 x 43.3 cm)
This work is number 4 from an edition of 5
#23. Keep it Real, 2000
International Art Center: 30 March 2021
Estimated: NZD 600,000 – 1,000,000
NZD 1,455,000 / USD 1,016,771
Auction « Tue, 30 Mar, 2021 « Work 27 « International Art Centre
BANKSY
Keep it Real, 2000
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
30×30 cm
Signed on side of canvas
USD 1 million
#24. Lenin in Sight, 2004
Christie’s Hong-Kong: 25 May 2021
Estimated: HKD 7,000,000 – 9,000,000
HKD 7,450,000 / USD 959,717
BANKSY (B. 1974), Lenin in Sight | Christie’s (christies.com)
BANKSY (B. 1974)
Lenin in Sight, 2004
Spray paint on board
59×60 cm (23 1/4 x 23 5/8 inches)
#25. Bomb Love, 2002
Bonhams London: 15 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 300,000 – 400,000
GBP 562,750 / USD 681,932
Bonhams : Banksy (B. 1975) Bomb Love 2002
BANKSY
Bomb Love, 2002
Spray paint on canvas
25.4 x 20.3 cm (10×8 inches)
Tagged on the turnover edge
Bomb Love is pure Banksy: provocative, bitingly satirical and yet tender. Always a vicious opponent of mass media and casual consumerism the sense that today’s youth are being sold aggression instead of innocence, war instead of play explodes from the canvas in a flash of bubble-gum pink. The little girl sporting a ponytail tightly hugs onto the cumbersome military weapon as if it were her favorite cuddly toy and this is redolent of his Girl and Balloon in its whimsicality, and Kids on Guns in its wistful agony. All three images are stone cold classics by the artist coming from the zenith of the artist’s most celebrated period.
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The image that first appeared as a black-and-white stencil on the streets of East London in 2001 has since become an iconic Banksy motif which is highly sought after by collectors. Executed on canvas and tagged with the artist’s distinctive signature, Bomb Love from 2002 is executed onto a rosy base color reminiscent of infanthood that enhances the motif and gives the work itself an innocent and naïve quality.
#26. Lost Children’s Sign from Glastonbury Festival (Sketch), 2005
Christie’s London: 25 March 2021
Estimated: GBP 200,000 – 300,000
GBP 525,000 / USD 719,901
BANKSY, Lost Children’s Sign from Glastonbury Festival (Sketch) | Christie’s (christies.com)
BANKSY
Lost Children’s Sign from Glastonbury Festival (Sketch), 2005
Spray paint on packing paper
89×81 cm (35 x 31 7/8 inches)
Signed and dated ‘BANKSY 2005’ (lower right)
#27. Keep it Real, 2002
Sotheby’s London: 15 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 400,000 – 600,000
GBP 499,000 / USD 686,476
Keep It Real | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Keep It Real, 2003
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm (12×12 inches)
Stenciled with the artist’s signature on the overturn edge
Numbered 10/15 on the stretcher
This work is number 10 from an edition of 15
#28. Love is in the Air, 2003
Phillips London: 15 April 2021
Estimated: GBP 400,000 – 600,000
GBP 441,000 / USD 607,772
Banksy – 20th Century & Contemporary A… Lot 20 April 2021 | Phillips
BANKSY
Love is in the Air, 2003
Spray paint on cardboard
68 x 67.5 cm (26.7 x 26.6 inches)
#29. Gangsta Rat Peace, 2007
Phillips New-York: 24 June 2021
Estimated: USD 500,000 – 700,000
USD 529,200
Banksy – 20th Century & Contemporary A… Lot 350 June 2021 | Phillips
BANKSY
Gangsta Rat Peace, 2007
Spray paint and stencil and screenprint on paper, double-sided
75.9 x 56.2 cm (29 7/8 x 22 1/8 inches)
Signed, dedicated and dated “FOR JO! + BANKSY 07” lower left
Screen printed with the artist’s signature “BANKSY” lower left of reverse image
#30. Riot Cop, 2004
Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 21 April 2021
Estimated: HKD 1,800,000 – 2,800,000
HKD 3,780,000 / USD 487,012
Banksy 班克斯 | Riot Cop | Contemporary Art Day Sale | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Riot Cop, 2004
Spray paint on card
101 x 69.4 cm (39 1/4 x 27 3/8 inches)
Signed, numbered 1/2 and dated 04
This work is number 1 from an edition of 2.
#31. Bird with Grenade, 2005
Phillips London: 16 April 2021
Estimated: GBP 50,000 – 70,000
GBP 327,600 / USD 452,924
Banksy – 20th Century & Contemporary … Lot 224 April 2021 | Phillips
BANKSY
Bird with Grenade, 2005
Spray paint and acrylic on canvas
30.3 x 30.4 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches)
This work is unique in this format
#32. Bad Meaning Good, 2002
Sotheby’s London: 26 March 2021
Estimated: GBP 150,000 – 200,000
GBP 277,200 / USD 382,397
Bad Meaning Good | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Bad Meaning Good, 2002
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
40.9 x 40.6 cm (16 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches)
Stenciled with the artist’s name on the overturn edge
#33. Heavy Weaponry, 2004
Christie’s London: 1 April 2021
Estimated: GBP 150,000 – 250,000
GBP 275,000 / USD 378,174
BANKSY (B. 1974), Heavy Weaponry | Christie’s (christies.com)
BANKSY (B. 1974)
Heavy Weaponry, 2004
Spray paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 x 4 cm
Numbered 12/25 on the stretcher
Stenciled with the BANKSY tag in red on the overlap
#34. Radar Rat, 2002
Sotheby’s New-York: 13 May 2021
Estimated: USD 100,000 – 150,000
USD 352,800
Radar Rat | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Radar Rat, 2002
Spray paint on cardboard
50.2 x 37.5 cm (19 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches)
This work is unique
#35. Bunch of Flowers, 2020
Christie’s London: 25 March 2021
Estimated: GBP 150,000 – 250,000
GBP 250,000 / USD 342,982
BANKSY, Bunch of Flowers | Christie’s (christies.com)
BANKSY
Bunch of Flowers, 2020
Spray paint on acetate, in artist’s frame
85.7 x 71 x 3.2 cm (33 3/4 x 28 x 1 1/4 inches)
Signed ‘Banksy’ (lower right); inscribed ‘For Trevor’ (lower left)
#36. Many drink to forget…, 2005
Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 18 June 2021
Estimated: HKD 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
HKD 2,646,000 / USD 340,856
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Many drink to forget…, 2005
Spray paint on wood
43.2 x 122 cm (17×48 inches)
#37. Precision Bombing, 2000
Christie’s London: 16 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 200,000 – 300,000
GBP 225,000 / USD 309,412
BANKSY, Precision Bombing | Christie’s (christies.com)
BANKSY
Precision Bombing, 2000
Spray paint and emulsion on canvas
43 x 47.3 cm (16 7/8 x 18 5/8 inches)
Tagged ‘BANKSY’ (lower right); numbered and dated ‘2000 6⁄10’ (on the stretcher)
This work is number six from an edition of ten
#38. People Who Enjoy Waving Flags Don’t Deserve To Have One, 2003
Forum Auctions: 23 April 2021
Estimated: GBP 200,000 – 300,000
GBP 288,400 / USD 304,624
BANKSY (b.1974)
People Who Enjoy Waving Flags Don’t Deserve To Have One, 2003
Spray paint on found St George’s Cross Flag
Overall size: 132×95 cm (52 x 37 3/8 inches)
Unique from a series
Lots Passed
Lenin on Roller Skates, 2003
Sotheby’s London: 15 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 250,000 – 350,000
PASSED
Lenin on Roller Skates | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Lenin on Roller Skates, 2003
Spray paint on canvas
40×30 cm (15 3/4 x 11 7/8 inches)
stenciled with the artist’s name on the overturn edge, numbered 17/25 and dated 2003 on the stretcher
This work is number 17 from an edition of 25
Bad Meaning Good
Sotheby’s London: 15 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 150,000 – 200,000
PASSED
Bad Meaning Good | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 2021 | Sotheby’s
BANKSY
Bad Meaning Good, 2002
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
40.6 x 40.6 cm (15 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches)
Stenciled with the artist’s name on the overturn edge
Kate Moss, 2005
Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 9 October 2021
Estimated: HKD 12,000,000 – 18,000,000
(USD 1,500,000 – 2,300,000)
PASSED
Banksy 班克斯 | Kate Moss 凱特・摩斯 | Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 2021 | Sotheby’s
BANKSY
Kate Moss, 2005
Screen-print on canvas
81×81 cm (32×32 inches)
Signed and numbered 05/05
London New-York Bristol (Monkey)
Christie’s London: 2 July 2021
Estimated: GBP 500,000 – 700,000
PASSED
BANKSY
London New-York Bristol (Monkey), 2000
Spray-paint and acrylic on canvas
61.2 x 61.2 cm (24 1/8 x 24 1/8 inches)
Tortoise Helmet
Sotheby’s London, 1 July 2021
53×74.5 cm (20 7/8 x 29 3/8 inches)
signed, dated, and numbered 5/5
Estimate: GBP 350,000 – 500,000
Fallen Angel
Sotheby’s London, 1 July 2021
Estimated: GBP 650,000 – 850,000
Fallen Angel, 2004
Spray-paint and emulsion on cardboard
246×172.3 cm (104 3/8 x 67 7/8 inches)
Lots Withdrawn
Love Is In The Air (with Stars)
Christie’s London, 30 June 2021
Love Is In the Air (with stars), 2003
Spray-paint on canvas
50.8×50.8 cm (20×20 inches)
Tagged “Banksy” and numbered 4/25
Estimate: GBP 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
