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Rude Copper Auction Results

Updated August 2026

Title: Rude Copper
Year: 2002
Medium: Screenprint on wove paper
Sheet: 59×42 cm (23 x 16 1/2 inches)
Printer & Publisher: Pictures on Walls, London
Edition: 250, of which approximately 50 signed · roughly 30 hand-finished with unique spray-painting (yellow or grey) · some with the anarchy symbol · numerous proofs aside from the edition were released
Release: GBP 40 — the first of Banksy's commercial prints

The print

Rude Copper

Key market statistics

Rude Copper (unsigned)

30 transactions since 2018

Most recent sale

£12,900

Jun 2026 · Phillips London · 66/250

2026 median price

£13,836

over 3 qualifying sales

2025 median price

£15,600

over 3 qualifying sales

2025–2026 performance

−11%

change between the two published medians

Peak price

£160,000

Nov 2020 · Artnet Auctions

Value retention

most recent sale as a share of the peak price

Market charts

Rude Copper (unsigned) — median price and lots sold

Qualifying sales by year since 2018. Bars: median price. Line: number of lots sold.

Medians are computed on qualifying sales only — artist's proofs, colourways and other exceptional variants are excluded. A year with no bar had no qualifying sale.

Rude Copper (unsigned) — price dispersion

Every qualifying sale since 2018, one dot per lot.

Where several lots sold at the same price, the dots are spread sideways so none is hidden behind another.

Rude Copper (signed) — median price and lots sold

Qualifying sales by year since 2018. Bars: median price. Line: number of lots sold.

Medians are computed on qualifying sales only — artist's proofs, colourways and other exceptional variants are excluded. A year with no bar had no qualifying sale.

Rude Copper (signed) — price dispersion

Every qualifying sale since 2018, one dot per lot.

Where several lots sold at the same price, the dots are spread sideways so none is hidden behind another.

Rude Copper (unsigned)

2026 Auction Results

Phillips London66/250

4 June 2026

Est. GBP 10,000 – 15,000

GBP 12,900

USD 17,330

Sotheby’s online234/250

25 March 2026

Est. GBP 10,000 – 15,000

GBP 14,080

USD 18,855

Forum AuctionsXXX/250

19 March 2026

Est. GBP 10,000 – 15,000

GBP 10,500 (Hammer)

GBP 13,836

USD 18,500

2025 Auction Results

Forum AuctionsXXX/250

10 December 2025

Est. GBP 12,000 – 15,000

GBP 11,500 (Hammer)

GBP 10,818

USD 14,465

Deutscher and Hackett225/250

26 November 2025

Australia

Est. AUD 15,000 – 25,000

AUD 31,909

GBP 15,600

USD 20,655

Sotheby’s London52/250

24 September 2025

Est. GBP 10,000 – 15,000

GBP 16,510

USD 22,215

2024 Auction Results

Christie’s online212/250

26 March 2024

Est. GBP 12,000 – 18,000

GBP 15,120

USD 19,175

Roseberys London240/250

5 March 2024

Est. GBP 12,000 – 15,000

GBP 18,368

USD 23,350

Forum AuctionsXXX/250 DN

30 January 2024

Est. GBP 15,000 – 20,000

GBP 15,000 (Hammer)

GBP 20,100

USD 25,490

2023 Auction Results

Sotheby’s online58/250

20 April 2023

Est. GBP 18,000 – 25,000

GBP 22,860

USD 28,455

2022 Auction Results

Sotheby’s online156/250

26 April 2022

Est. GBP 20,000 – 30,000

GBP 40,320

USD 50,805

Roseberys LondonXXX/250

8 March 2022

Est. GBP 20,000 – 30,000

GBP 34,840

USD 47,380

2021 Auction Results

Tate Ward AuctionsXXX/250

24 June 2021

Est. GBP 30,000 – 50,000

GBP 40,800

USD 57,935

Forum AuctionsXXX/250

10 June 2021

Est. GBP 20,000 – 30,000

GBP 34,000 (Hammer)

GBP 45,560

USD 64,695

Sotheby’s online170/250

18 March 2021

Est. GBP 12,000 – 18,000

GBP 47,880

USD 66,655

2020 Auction Results

Koller Zurich27/250

5 December 2020

Switzerland

Est. CHF 37,000 – 55,000

CHF 61,300

GBP 51,130

USD 68,720

Forum AuctionsXXX/250Auction Record

27 October 2020

Est. GBP 25,000 – 35,000

GBP 46,000 (Hammer)

GBP 61,640

USD 81,365

Tate Ward AuctionsXXX/250

27 August 2020

Est. GBP 28,000 – 32,000

GBP 40,000

USD 52,800

Forum AuctionsXXX/250

21 July 2020

Est. GBP 15,000 – 20,000

GBP 28,000 (Hammer)

GBP 37,520

USD 47,780

Bonhams London137/250

18 June 2020

Est. GBP 8,000 – 12,000

GBP 30,062

USD 37,170

Forum AuctionsXXX/250

19 May 2020

Est. GBP 15,000 – 20,000

GBP 20,000 (Hammer)

GBP 26,800

USD 32,835

Sotheby’s online161/250

26 March 2020

Est. GBP 8,000 – 12,000

GBP 27,500

USD 33,335

Forum AuctionsXXX/250

24 March 2020

Est. GBP 24,000 – 28,000

GBP 20,000 (Hammer)

GBP 26,800

USD 31,580

2019 Auction Results

Forum AuctionsXXX/250

25 September 2019

Est. GBP 12,000 – 18,000

GBP 15,000 (Hammer)

GBP 20,280

USD 25,060

Forum AuctionsXXX/250

26 June 2019

Est. GBP 10,000 – 15,000

GBP 9,000 (Hammer)

GBP 12,168

USD 15,445

Forum AuctionsXXX/250

23 May 2019

Est. GBP 10,000 – 15,000

GBP 11,000 (Hammer)

GBP 14,872

USD 18,830

Prior Years Auction Results

Forum AuctionsXXX/250

5 December 2016

GBP 8,000 (Hammer)

GBP 10,816

USD 13,745

Bonhams London64/250

16 November 2016

GBP 10,625

USD 13,235

Forum AuctionsXXX/250

12 October 2016

GBP 9,000 (Hammer)

GBP 12,168

USD 14,840

Dreweatts193/250

31 March 2016

GBP 7,500

USD 10,785

Digard Auctions138/250

11 June 2014

France

EUR 11,376

GBP 9,170

USD 15,395

Christie's London234/250

19 September 2013

GBP 5,000

USD 8,020

Bonhams London160/250

16 July 2013

GBP 5,000

USD 7,560

Bonhams London105/250

17 April 2013

GBP 6,000

USD 9,155

Wright190/250

26 April 2012

USA

USD 8,750

GBP 5,405

USD 8,750

Bonhams London54/250

29 March 2012

GBP 8,125

USD 12,930

Bonhams London106/250

11 January 2011

GBP 9,600

USD 15,000

Rude Copper (signed)

2025 Auction Results

Christie’s London211/250

30 September 2025

Est. GBP 30,000 – 50,000

GBP 50,800

USD 68,275

2024 Auction Results

Tate Ward Auctions220/250

20 March 2024

Est. GBP 40,000 – 60,000

GBP 50,000

USD 63,410

Bonhams Los Angeles10/100

1 March 2024

USA

Est. USD 70,000 – 100,000

USD 89,400

GBP 70,340

USD 89,400

2021 Auction Results

Bonhams London12

15 October 2021

Est. GBP 100,000 – 150,000

GBP 112,750

USD 155,050

2020 Auction Results

Forum Auctions2/250Auction Record

4 September 2020

Est. GBP 100,000 – 150,000

GBP 125,000 (Hammer)

GBP 167,500

USD 221,100

Forum Auctions1/250

21 January 2020

Est. GBP 70,000 – 90,000

GBP 75,000 (Hammer)

GBP 100,500

USD 131,115

Prior Years Auction Results

Bonhams London10/100

28 January 2015

GBP 32,500

USD 49,290

HAND-FINISHED

Christie's London11

11 September 2008

GBP 15,000

USD 26,245

Rude Copper (Hand-Finished)

2024 Auction Results

Digard AuctionsAside

2 December 2024

France

Est. EUR 60,000 – 100,000

Unnumbered, unsigned

EUR 78,000

GBP 64,625

USD 81,780

2023 Auction Results

Phillips LondonAside

13 July 2023

Est. GBP 60,000 – 80,000

Unnumbered, unsigned

GBP 60,890

USD 79,820

2022 Auction Results

Digard AuctionsAside

10 May 2022

France

Est. EUR 60,000 – 100,000

Unnumbered, unsigned

EUR 182,000

GBP 158,340

USD 192,255

2020 Auction Results

Artnet AuctionsAsideAuction Record

24 November 2020

USA

Est. USD 100,000 – 150,000

Unnumbered, unsigned

USD 215,820

GBP 160,000

USD 215,820

Prior Years Auction Results

Forum Auctions134/250

12 December 2017

USA

BANKSY NYC

USD 34,000 (Hammer)

USD 45,015

GBP 70,340

USD 45,015

Christie’s London224/100

7 December 2011

GBP 10,000

USD 15,685

Prices are inclusive of buyer’s premium unless stated otherwise, as reported by the auction houses. “DN” stands for “Duplicate Number”.

Prices are hammer plus premium, in GBP, not adjusted for inflation. Only standard editions are included: artist’s proofs, special proofs, colorways and other exceptional variants are excluded, and signed and unsigned impressions are never combined. Medians are preferred to averages, which exceptional results distort. Figures are drawn from sales documented by Banksy Explained and are not an exhaustive record of the market. Compiled 3 September 2026.

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