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2025 Auction Results
20 lots sold at auction in 2025 for a total turnover of $13,178,500. With 1 lot failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 95%. The highest price was achieved by Crude Oil (Vettriano), an iconic Crude Oil painting dated 2005 that sold at Sotheby’s in London, on 4 March 2025, for GBP 4,260,000 (USD 5,452,800).
The Top 3 lots (also the only lots that sold for more than USD 1 million) generated a cumulative turnover of USD 9,508,800, representing 73% of the total turnover of 2025.
#1. Crude Oil (Vettriano), 2005
Sotheby’s London: 4 March 2025
Estimated: GBP 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
GBP 4,260,000 / USD 5,452,800
CRUDE OIL
Crude Oil (Vettriano) | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction | 2025 | Sotheby’s
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Crude Oil (Vettriano), 2005
Oil on canvas, in artist’s frame
Canvas: 91×122 cm (35 7/8 x 48 inches)
Tagged (lower right)
Signed, partially titled and dated Oct 2005 (on the overturn edge)
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#2. Sorry the Lifestyle You Ordered is Currently Out of Stock, 2003-13
Sotheby’s New-York: 19 November 2025
Estimated: USD 800,000 – 1,200,000
USD 2,856,000
REPEAT SALE
Sotheby’s New-York: 28 October 2020
Estimated: USD 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
USD 2,319,000
BANKSY (b. 1974) & DAMIEN HIRST
Sorry the Lifestyle You Ordered is Currently Out of Stock (Banksy defaced Hirst), 2003-13
Spray paint, emulsion and household gloss on canvas
99.1 x 114.3 cm (39×45 inches)
Signed by Banksy and Hirst and variously inscribed (on the reverse)
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#3. Subject to Availability, 2011
Sotheby’s Diriyah: 8 February 2025
Estimated: USD 800,000 – 1,200,000
USD 1,200,000
Subject to Availability | Origins | 2025 | Sotheby’s
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Subject to Availability, 2011
Oil and spray paint on canvas in an artist’s frame
50×91 cm (19 5/8 x 35 7/8 inches)
Signed Banksy (on the edge of the frame)
This includes 8 editions that sold for a cumulative turnover of USD 1,731,787. The two most expensive editions sold at auction in 2025 were Kids on Guns, an edition on canvas dated 2004, that sold at Phillips in London on 6 March 2025 for GBP 508,000 (USD 650,240); and Vest, a GDP edition dated 2019 that sold at Sotheby’s, in Hong-Kong, on 28 September 2025 for HKD 4,826,000 (USD 620,310).
#1. Kids on Guns, 2004
Phillips London: 6 March 2025
Estimated: GBP 400,000 – 600,000
GBP 508,000 / USD 650,240
EDITION ON CANVAS
Banksy – Modern & Contemporary Art Eve… Lot 17 March 2025 | Phillips
BANKSY
Kids on Guns, 2004
Spray paint on canvas
50 x 49.7 cm (19 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches)
Stenciled with the artist’s name ‘BANKSY’ on the lower right turnover edge
Signed, numbered and dated ‘Banksy 23/25 2004’ on the stretcher
This work is number 23 from an edition of 25
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#2. Vest, 2019
Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 28 September 2025
Estimated: HKD 2,200,000 – 3,200,000
HKD 4,826,000 / USD 620,310
GDP EDITION
Banksy 班克斯 | Vest 防彈背心 | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction | 2025 | Sotheby’s
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Vest, 2019
Acrylic on canvas, velcro and Plastazote foam
45x43x32 cm (17 3/4 x 16 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches)
Signed and numbered (on the reverse)
Furthermore, 2 Street Works sold at auction in 2025, both at Julien’s Auctions, for a total of USD 207,125, led by TV Girl, dated circa 2003/2004, that sold on 27 February 2025, for USD 222,250. This is not included in the total for 2025.
#1. TV Girl, circa 2003/2004
Julien’s Auctions: 27 February 2025
Estimated: USD 200,000 – 300,000
USD 222,250
Banksy | “TV Girl” Original Berlin Germany Street Art Mural Painting
BANKSY (British, 1974)
TV Girl, circa 2003/2004
Original Berlin Germany Street Art Mural Painting
Aerosol on resin door panel
110×117 cm (46 x 43.5 inches)
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2024 Auction Results
14 lots sold at auction in 2024 for a total turnover of $11,245,137. With 6 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 70%. The highest price was achieved by The Leopard and Lamb, a painting dated 2016, that sold at Phillips in Hong-Kong on 31 May 2024 for HKD 36,750,000 (USD 4,704,905).
#1. The Leopard and Lamb, 2016
Phillips Hong-Kong: 31 May 2024
Estimated: HKD 18,000,000 – 28,000,000
HKD 36,750,000 / USD 4,704,905
Banksy – Modern & Contemporary Art Evenin… Lot 9 May 2024 | Phillips
BANKSY
The Leopard and Lamb, 2016
Acrylic on ply, in artist’s frame
148×172 cm (58 1/4 x 67 3/4 inches)
Signed ‘Banksy’ lower right; further signed and dated ‘Banksy 2016’ on the reverse
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#2. Flower Thrower Triptych, 2017
The Collection of Sir Elton John
Christie’s New-York: 21 February 2024
Estimated: USD 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
USD 1,925,500
BANKSY, Flower Thrower Triptych | Christie’s (christies.com)
BANKSY
Flower Thrower Triptych, 2017
Spray paint on canvas in artist’s frame, in three parts
Left panel: 84.5 x 64.1 cm (33 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches)
Center panel: 106.7 x 76.2 cm (42×30 inches)
Right panel: 42.2 x 52.3 cm (16 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches
Overall: 106.7 x 203.2 cm (42×80 inches)
Signed and dated ‘Banksy 2017’ (on the reverse of the left panel)
4 lots sold for more than USD 1 million, generating a total turnover of USD 8,752,613, representing 82.6% of the total turnover for 2024.
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This includes 5 editions that generated a cumulative turnover of USD 2,469,295, led by Girl and Balloon, dated 2003, from the edition on canvas of 25, that sold at Christie’s, in Hong-Kong, 0n 26 September 2024, for HKD 8,568,000 (USD 1,100,430), and Vest, a GDP edition dated 2019 that sold at Sotheby’s, in London, on 9 October 2024 for GBP 780,000 (USD 1,021,800).
#3. Girl and Balloon, 2003
Christie’s Hong-Kong: 26 September 2024
Estimated: HKD 7,000,000 – 10,000,000
HKD 8,568,000 / USD 1,100,430
EDITION ON CANVAS
Girl and Balloon (christies.com)
BANKSY (B. 1974)
Girl and Balloon, 2003
Spray paint on canvas
40×40 cm (16×16 inches)
Stenciled ‘BANKSY’ (on the side)
Numbered ‘21⁄25’ (on the stretcher bar)
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#4. Vest, 2019
Sotheby’s London: 9 October 2024
Estimated: GBP 200,000 – 300,000
GBP 780,000 / USD 1,021,800
GDP EDITION
Vest | Contemporary Evening Auction | 2024 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Vest, 2019
Acrylic on canvas, velcro and Plastazte foam
45x43x32 cm (17 3/4 x 16 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches)
Signed and numbered 1 (on the reverse)
This work is number 1 from an edition of 5
Furthermore, 4 Street Works sold at auction in 2024, generating a total of USD 717,375 (not included in the total above), all sold at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles, led by Untitled (Police Van Chimp), a piece shown at Turf War in 2003, that sold on 22 February 2024 for USD 224,000.
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2023 Auction Results
12 lots sold at auction in 2023 for a total turnover of USD 22,687,315. With 4 lots unsold, the sell-through rate is 75%. The highest price was achieved at Phillips in New-York on 17 May 2023 with Banksy’s homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat, Banksquiat, Boy and Dog in Stop and Search, dated 2018, sold for USD 9,724,500. 6 lots sold for more than USD 1 million, generating a cumulative turnover of USD 20,520,352, representing 90.5% of the total turnover for 2023.
#1. Banksquiat. Boy and Dog in Stop and Search, 2018
Phillips New-York: 17 May 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000,000 – 12,000,000
USD 9,724,500
Banksy – 20th Century & Contemporary Art… Lot 13 May 2023 | Phillips
BANKSY
Banksquiat. Boy and Dog in Stop and Search, 2018
Acrylic and wax marker on birch wood, in 3 parts
243.8 x 344.5 cm (96 x 135 5/8 inches)
Signed “Banksy” lower right
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#2. Forgive Us Our Trespassing, 2011
Phillips London: 13 October 2023
Estimated: GBP 2,200,000 – 2,800,000
GBP 2,710,000 / USD 3,288,885
Banksy – 20th Century & Contemporary… Lot 32 October 2023 | Phillips
BANKSY
Forgive Us Our Trespassing, 2011
Spray paint and domestic gloss on plywood
244×122 cm (96 1/8 x 48 inches)
Signed and dated ‘Banksy 11’ on the reverse
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#3. Congestion Charge, 2004
Bonhams London: 29 June 2023
Estimated: GBP 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
GBP 1,681,900 / USD 2,121,735
Bonhams : BANKSY (B. 1974) Congestion Charge 2004
Oil on canvas in the artist’s frame
68.5 x 78.7 cm (26 15/16 x 31 inches)
Tagged; signed and dated Dec 2004 on the overlap
#4. Home Sweet Home, 2006
Phillips London: 2 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
GBP 1,742,000 / USD 2,079,751
Banksy – 20th Century & Contemporary A… Lot 21 March 2023 | Phillips
BANKSY
Home Sweet Home, 2006
Modified oil on canvas, in artist’s frame
80×110 cm (31 1/2 x 43 1/4 inches)
Signed and dated ‘Bansky 06’ on the reverse
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#5. Brace Yourself!, 2010
Julien’s Auctions: 29 March 2023
Estimated: USD 600,000 – 800,000
USD 2,032,000
Julien’s Auctions (juliensauctions.com)
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Brace Yourself!, 2010
Acrylic on canvas
244×183 cm (8×6 feet)
Signed and dated to the lower left center
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2022 Auction Results
20 lots sold at auction in 2022 for a total turnover of USD 37,967,276. With 5 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 80%. The highest price was achieved at Sotheby’s in Hong-Kong on 27 April 2022, when an iteration of Love Is In The Air, dated 2006 sold for HKD 51,273,000 (USD 6,508,768). 9 lots sold for more than USD 1 million, for a cumulative turnover of USD 30,925,373, contributing 81.4% to the total turnover for 2022.
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#1. Love is in the Air, 2006
Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 27 April 2022
Estimated: HKD 40,000,000 – 60,000,000
HKD 51,273,000 / USD 6,508,770
EDITION ON CANVAS
BANKSY
Love is in the Air, 2006
Oil and spray paint on canvas
91.4 x 91.4 cm (36×36 inches)
Tagged on the turnover edge
Signed Banksy 5/15 and dated 24/4/2006 on the reverse
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#2. Vandalised Oil (Choppers), 2005
Sotheby’s London: 3 March 2022
Estimated: GBP 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
GBP 4,384,900 / USD 5,861,382
Vandalised Oil (Choppers) | The Now Evening Auction | 2022 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY
Vandalised Oil (Choppers), 2005
Oil and spraypaint on canvas
94×61 cm (37×24 inches)
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#3. Love Is In The Air, 2006
Sotheby’s London: 14 October 2022
Estimated: GBP 3,400,000 – 4,000,000
GBP 3,483,500 / USD 3,905,270
EDITION ON CANVAS
Love Is In The Air | The Now Evening Auction | 2022 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY (B. 1974)
Love Is In The Air, 2006
Spray paint and oil on linen
91.5 x 91.5 cm (36×36 inches)
Tagged (on the overturn edge)
Signed Banksy, dated May 2006 and numbered AP 02 (on the overlap)
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#4. Girl with Balloon, 2006
Sotheby’s London: 2 March 2022
Estimated: GBP 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
GBP 2,818,000 / USD 3,766,876
Girl with Balloon | The Now Evening Auction | 2022 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)
BANKSY (b. 1974)
Girl with Balloon, 2006
Spray-paint on metal
60×90 cm (23 5/8 x 35 1/2 inches)
This work is from an edition of 5
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#5. Diamond In The Rough, 2010
Christie’s New-York: 9 May 2022
Estimated: USD 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
USD 3,660,000
BANKSY
Diamond In The Rough, 2010
Spray paint on truck door
192.7 x 93 x 10.2 cm (76x37x4 inches)
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2021 Auction Results
37 lots sold at auction in 2021 for a total turnover of $144,283,205. This is the highest total ever achieved at auction by Banksy in any calendar year. With 6 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 86%.
The Top 3 Lots generated a total of $63,103,755, representing 43.7% of the total for 2021. 22 lots sold for more than $1 million, generating a total turnover of $136,550,955, representing 94.6% of the total for 2021.
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Love Is In The Bin (2018) sold at Sotheby’s, in London, on 14 October 2021, for GBP 18,852,000 ($25,430,410), setting a new auction record for the artist, just about three years after Girl with Balloon, a painting dated 2006, sold for GBP 1,042,000 ($1,365,482) at Sotheby’s, in London, on 5 October 2018, and was shredded live in front of a flabbergasted audience, to become Love Is In the Bin.
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#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 25,430,410
NEW AUCTION RECORD FOR BANKSY AT AUCTION
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)
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Game Changer, dated 2020, sold at Christie’s, in London, on 23 March 2021 for GBP 16,758,000 ($23,210,000); the second highest price ever paid at auction for a Banksy original. All funds to benefit the NHS.
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#2. Game Changer, 2020
Christie’s London: 22 March 2021
Estimated: GBP 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
GBP 16,758,000 / USD 23,115,345
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BANKSY
Game Changer, 2020
Oil on canvas
91×91 cm (35.9 x 35.9 inches)
Signed “BANKSY” (lower right)
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The third most expensive lot of 2021 was achieved by a painting from Banksy’s acclaimed Crude Oils series, Sunflowers from Petrol Station, from the Private Collection of Sir Paul Smith, that sold for $14,558,000.
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#3. Sunflowers from Petrol Station, 2005
Property from the Private Collection of Sir Paul Smith
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
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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 $12,903,000. Another version on canvas, Love Is In the Air (2006), this time in an edition of 15, sold at Sotheby’s New-York on 18 November 2021 for $8,077,200. 5 works from the series sold at auction in 2021 for a total of $24,260,070.
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#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)
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Barely Legal, held in Los Angeles in 2006, was the most important show of Banksy in the US, as it substantially increased the artist’s notoriety globally. 4 paintings exhibited at Barely Legal sold at auction in 2021 for a total value of $19,802,180, led by Trolley Hunters, that sold at Sotheby’s, in New-York, on 18 November 2021, for $6,698,400.
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#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)
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Monkeys remain a collector’s favorite, with 7 lots featuring a monkey sold at auction in 2021 for a total of $14,099,405, led by Laugh Now, a work on metal, dated 2006, that was also exhibited at Barely Legal, that sold at Sotheby’s, in London, on 29 June 2021, for GBP 2,435,000 ($3,371,975).
#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
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2020 Auction Results
The leading lot of 2020 is Show Me The Monet, which sold at Sotheby’s London on 21 October 2020 for GBP 7,551,600 (USD 9,924,563), closely followed by Forgive Us Our Trespassing sold at Sotheby’s Hong-Kong on 6 October 2020 for USD 8,272,623. The Top 3 Lots generated a total of $21,020,460, representing 61.5% of the total for 2020.
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#1. Show Me The Monet, 2005
Sotheby’s London: 21 October 2020
Estimated: GBP 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
GBP 7,551,600 / USD 9,924,520
BANKSY | SHOW ME THE MONET | Contemporary Art Evening Auction | 2020 | Sotheby’s
Show Me The Monet, 2005
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#2. Forgive Us Our Trespassing, 2011
Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 7 October 2020
Estimated: HKD 16,000,000 – 32,000,000
HKD 63,572,000 / USD 8,202,360
BANKSY
Forgive Us Our Trespassing, 2011
Acrylic, spray-paint and marker pens on wooden panels, in four parts
Overall 655×421 cm (257 7/8 x 165 3/4 inches)
Unique, Signed
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#3. Mediterranean Sea View, 2017
Estimated: GBP 800,000 – 1,200,000
Mediterranean Sea View, 2017
Furthermore, 4 editions on canvas sold in 2020 for a total of USD 2,321,645 (included in total), led by Avon and Somerset Constabulary, an edition of 1o, dated 2001, that sold at SBI Art Auction in Tokyo, on 31 October 2020 for JPY 92,000,000 (USD 878,730).
#10. Avon and Somerset Constabulary, 2001
SBI Art Auction: 31 October 2020
Estimated: JPY 30,000,000 – 50,000,000
JPY 92,000,000 / USD 878,730
EDITION ON CANVAS
BANKSY
Avon and Somerset Constabulary, 2001
Spray paint, stencil, acrylic on canvas
76.5 x 76.5 cm (30 1/8 x 30 1/8 inches)
Tagged “BANKSY” on the lower left
This work is from an edition of 10
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