15
Oct
2008
Educating Banksy
When Talia Findlay’s Father bought her a painting for her birthday, it cost him the princely sum of $500 and since then its worth has rocketed to a potential $120K – not a bad return!
The painting was a piece of Banksy Art (Monkey Detonator) and when Talia’s Father purchased it he had no idea of its worth or how much it would fetch eight years later.
The painting was featured in the third exhibition by Banksy, long before the anonymous artist rose to his current heights of fame – way before his works were featured in Art Galleries and tacked up as Banksy Posters in Student Dorms.
Until recently, the painting hung on Mrs Findlay’s wall but now its found its way into an auction house and is expected to fetch anywhere between $80-120K when its featured in an Urban Art Sale due to take place on the 14th October.
Mrs Findlay entered the piece to see what it would fetch and was shocked and surprised to learn of the pieces value and is putting the money from the Auction to go towards the education of her two young sons.
