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October 23, 2008

Banksy's For $ale in Hong Kong Markets...

I came across this hand painted Banksy stencil while walking around the Temple Street night market 2 days ago (someone seriously needs to teach the painting factories about how to make a stencil).

This is the first time I have seen a non-Chinese living artist for sale in the counterfeit painting markets; a possible metric for making the argument that Banksy is the most famous living artist.

Canvas cost negotiations started at $250 HKD ($32 USD). Michele offered him $50HKD to which he assured us that he can sell as many Banksy's as he can get his hands on. In the end we took our $50HKD around the corner and bought a 4 pack of San Miguel.

Posted by fi5e at October 23, 2008 04:27 AM