Banksy's artwork on Leeds barn has $60,000 (£35,000 ) price tag
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WHAT has an international graffiti artist and a Leeds farmer got in common?
This week a stencilled image of a television smashing through a window, which Banksy spray-painted on the side of a cattle barn in north Leeds, went on sale with a £35,000 price tag.
The artist, whose identity remains a secret but whose paintings sell for hundreds of thousands of pounds, created the work back in 2003 for a magazine shoot with the pop band Blur.
It was left to the mercy of the elements until earlier this year when its owner decided to sell it.
Incredibly Banksy made not one but three pieces of art during his time at the farm.
Lucy Smith, 28, the farmer's daughter who now lives in Oxford, said: "I didn't speak to Banksy. To be honest I was a bit too pre-occupied with Blur.
"He practiced first on a bit of gate and then did a stencil of a girl holding a television on the other half of the same gate.
"We managed to save one piece of the gate.
This week a stencilled image of a television smashing through a window, which Banksy spray-painted on the side of a cattle barn in north Leeds, went on sale with a £35,000 price tag.
The artist, whose identity remains a secret but whose paintings sell for hundreds of thousands of pounds, created the work back in 2003 for a magazine shoot with the pop band Blur.
It was left to the mercy of the elements until earlier this year when its owner decided to sell it.
Incredibly Banksy made not one but three pieces of art during his time at the farm.
Lucy Smith, 28, the farmer's daughter who now lives in Oxford, said: "I didn't speak to Banksy. To be honest I was a bit too pre-occupied with Blur.
"He practiced first on a bit of gate and then did a stencil of a girl holding a television on the other half of the same gate.
"We managed to save one piece of the gate.
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- Apocalipstick
- 1 month ago
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Banksy's cover was blown a few months ago, you can check out the story or watch it as it played on Current:News.
I went to an exhibition by one of Banksy's contemporaries (D*Face - http://www.dface.co.uk/) at the weekend and I was amazed at the price tag on some of the pieces, they were good, but I'd find it pretty hard to swallow paying £28,000 for a picture, no matter how good it was...Still, you can look for free.
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Yeah i read several stories about Bansky's identity but nothing is conclusive yet. He is damn amazing...
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He truly fascinates me. Are you familar with the guy who Banksy says influenced him, Blek Le Rat?
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- Apocalipstick
- 1 month ago
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banksy is a commerical artist.
his graffiti is dead.-
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- goodhelvetica
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