“Banksy editions can be divided into signed prints, unsigned prints, and artist’s proofs, their subjects often iterating the artist’s most iconic images and motifs,” said Lucia Tro Santafe, director of Bonhams’s prints department. His collectors place a premium on unique features that help a print stand out from others in its series. ![]() The value of a Banksy print can also vary based on when and how the print was produced and whether it is signed. “We have seen Banksy prints heat-set to MDF and worse,” he said. This has led to prints being stuck down to non-archival, pressure-sensitive boards or attached with heat-set tissue. “This meant that, because many buyers did not look after them or have them framed with acid-free mounts, good-condition copies are harder to find.”Īccording to Hawkes, a particular problem affecting the quality of a number of Banksy’s prints is that they are often sold or dispatched rolled up in a tube. “The earliest prints were originally marketed at very low prices, £30 ($40) unsigned and £120 ($165) signed,” explained Richard Hawkes, a specialist in print maintenance at Artworks Conservation Ltd. ![]() Because Banksy has sold his prints independently online for over a decade, the quality of many of his secondary-market prints can vary enormously.
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