Market Report
Wrong War Auction Results
Updated August 2026
Created in 2004, Wrong War is one of Banksy's most explicit anti-war images from the period surrounding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A hooded Grim Reaper grips his traditional scythe, but the expected skull has been replaced by an absurdly cheerful yellow smiley face. Beneath him, the words WRONG WAR appear in roughly applied red lettering, their long drips introducing an unmistakable suggestion of blood.
Wrong War, 2004 — catalogue entry
Market charts
Wrong War (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.
Wrong War (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.
Wrong War (signed)
2025 Auction Results
Tate Ward Auctions
10 December 2025
UK
Est. GBP 8,000 – 12,000
GBP 10,000
USD 13,390
2024 Auction Results
Sotheby's New-York
4 March 2024
USA
Est. USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 30,480
GBP 24,020
USD 30,480
2020 Auction Results
Tate Ward Auctions
24 June 2020
UK
Est. GBP 23,000 – 26,000
GBP 30,000
USD 37,240
Forum AuctionsAuction Record
21 January 2020
UK
Est. GBP 15,000 – 20,000
GBP 28,000 (Hammer)
GBP 36,640
USD 47,800
Prior Years Auction Results
Digard Auctions
27 June 2016
France
EUR 7,656
GBP 6,380
USD 8,435
Prices are inclusive of buyer’s premium unless stated otherwise, as reported by the auction houses. “DN” stands for “Duplicate Number”.
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