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Very Little Helps Auction Results

Updated August 2026

Title: Very Little Helps
Year: 2008
Medium: Screenprint in colors on Arches wove paper
Sheet: 76×56 cm (30×22 inches)
Printer & Publisher: Pictures on Walls, London
Edition: 299 signed
Numbering & signature: Signed in blue crayon lower right, numbered /299 in pencil with the publisher's blindstamp lower left

The print

Very Little Helps

Key market statistics

Very Little Helps

30 transactions since 2018

Most recent sale

£64,000

Mar 2026 · Sotheby’s London · 13/299

2026 median price

£64,000

over 1 qualifying sale

2025 median price

£26,240

over 1 qualifying sale

2025–2026 performance

+144%

change between the two published medians

Peak price

£93,750

Apr 2021 · Christie’s online

Value retention

68%

most recent sale as a share of the peak price

Market charts

Very Little Helps — 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.

Very Little Helps — 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.

2026 Auction Results

Sotheby’s London13/299

25 March 2026

Est. GBP 12,000 – 18,000

GBP 64,000

USD 85,695

2025 Auction Results

Bonhams London278/299

25 June 2025

Est. GBP 18,000 – 25,000

Bought in

Christie’s online296/299

1 April 2025

Est. GBP 30,000 – 50,000

Bought in

Forum AuctionsXXX/299

5 March 2025

Est. GBP 22,000 – 28,000

GBP 20,000 (Hammer)

GBP 26,240

USD 33,825

2024 Auction Results

Very Little Helps did not sell at auction in 2024.

2023 Auction Results

SBI Art AuctionXXX/299

15 July 2023

Japan

Est. JPY 3,000,000 – 5,000,000

JPY 5,750,000

GBP 31,820

USD 41,655

2022 Auction Results

Tate Ward AuctionsXXX/299

5 October 2022

Est. GBP 35,000 – 45,000

GBP 40,000

USD 45,080

Heritage Auctions246/299

28 July 2022

USA

USD 43,750

GBP 35,570

USD 43,750

Phillips London198/299

29 June 2022

Est. GBP 50,000 – 70,000

Bought in

Forum AuctionsXXX/299

15 June 2022

Est. GBP 35,000 – 50,000

GBP 37,000 (Hammer)

GBP 49,580

USD 60,985

Sotheby’s online271/299

26 April 2022

Est. GBP 30,000 – 50,000

GBP 52,920

USD 66,680

Christie’s online224/299

15 March 2022

Est. GBP 50,000 – 70,000

GBP 63,000

USD 83,160

2021 Auction Results

Bonhams London196/299

16 December 2021

Est. GBP 40,000 – 60,000

GBP 50,250

USD 67,840

Bonhams London241/299

11 November 2021

Est. GBP 50,000 – 70,000

GBP 62,750

USD 84,715

Christie’s online148/299

23 September 2021

Est. GBP 50,000 – 70,000

GBP 75,000

USD 104,250

Forum AuctionsXXX/299

13 July 2021

Est. GBP 40,000 – 60,000

GBP 46,000 (Hammer)

GBP 61,640

USD 85,680

Menzies241/299

30 June 2021

Australia

Est. AUD 90,000 – 120,000

AUD 90,000 (Hammer)

AUD 110,455

GBP 59,870

USD 82,790

Chiswick AuctionsXXX/299

11 June 2021

Est. GBP 50,000 – 70,000

Bought in

Forum AuctionsXXX/299

10 June 2021

Est. GBP 50,000 – 70,000

Bought in

Forum AuctionsXXX/299

23 April 2021

Est. GBP 60,000 – 80,000

Bought in

Heritage Auctions246/299

22 April 2021

USA

Est. USD 40,000 – 60,000

USD 93,750

GBP 67,445

USD 93,750

Christie’s online195/299Auction Record

1 April 2021

Est. GBP 50,000 – 70,000

GBP 93,750

USD 129,375

Sotheby’s online77/299

18 March 2021

Est. GBP 30,000 – 50,000

GBP 75,600

USD 105,085

SBI Art AuctionXXX/299

30 January 2021

Japan

Est. JPY 4,000,000 – 7,000,000

JPY 13,915,000

GBP 92,400

USD 128,000

2020 Auction Results

Tate Ward AuctionsXXX/299

14 October 2020

Est. GBP 45,000 – 55,000

GBP 68,750

USD 90,750

Sotheby’s online251/299

18 September 2020

Est. GBP 20,000 – 30,000

GBP 69,300

USD 91,475

Forum AuctionsXXX/299

4 September 2020

Est. GBP 40,000 – 60,000

GBP 56,000 (Hammer)

GBP 75,040

USD 99,055

Tate Ward AuctionsXXX/299

18 February 2020

Est. GBP 25,000 – 28,000

GBP 35,000

USD 46,200

2019 Auction Results

Forum AuctionsXXX/299

11 December 2019

Est. GBP 20,000 – 30,000

GBP 32,000 (Hammer)

GBP 43,120

USD 56,815

Tate Ward AuctionsXXX/299

2 July 2019

Est. GBP 20,000 – 25,000

GBP 22,500

USD 28,340

Tate Ward AuctionsXXX/299

10 April 2019

Est. GBP 20,000 – 25,000

GBP 23,750

USD 31,090

Phillips London160/299

10 April 2019

Est. GBP 12,000 – 18,000

GBP 25,000

USD 32,575

2018 Auction Results

Bonhams London202/299

18 December 2018

Est. GBP 8,000 – 12,000

GBP 18,750

USD 23,710

Chiswick AuctionsXXX/299

6 December 2018

Est. GBP 18,000 – 20,000

GBP 25,000

USD 31,940

Forum AuctionsXXX/299

28 November 2018

Est. GBP 15,000 – 20,000

GBP 18,000 (Hammer)

GBP 24,336

USD 31,045

Christie’s New-York290/299

25 October 2018

USA

Est. USD 12,000 – 18,000

USD 40,000

GBP 31,045

USD 40,000

Forum AuctionsXXX/299

24 July 2018

Est. GBP 12,000 – 18,000

GBP 16,000 (Hammer)

GBP 20,992

USD 27,600

Prior Years Auction Results

Bonhams London204/299

14 July 2015

GBP 9,375

USD 14,610

Digard Auctions77/299

1 June 2015

France

GBP 12,820

USD 19,490

Sotheby's London264/299

25 March 2015

GBP 10,625

USD 15,850

Bonhams London174/299

19 November 2013

GBP 4,875

USD 7,855

Digard Auctions77/299

25 October 2013

France

GBP 4,440

USD 7,175

Christie's London13/299

19 September 2013

GBP 4,375

USD 7,020

Bonhams London225/299

17 April 2013

GBP 5,000

USD 7,630

Bonhams London203/299

21 September 2011

GBP 5,625

USD 8,785

Bonhams London200/299

16 March 2011

GBP 7,800

USD 12,515

Dreweatts88/299

15 December 2010

GBP 3,360

USD 5,245

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 4 September 2026.

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