12
Nov
2008
Laughing all the way to the Banksy
A lady in Melbourne is thanking her great taste and good fortune, after buying the classic Banksy Chimp with sign “Laugh now but one day we’ll be in charge” stencil.
The canvas was bought for $1000 back in 2002 and has just been sold for $180K at Bonham’s Urban Art Auction.
The lucky (former) owner of the Banksy Art, who prefers to remain anonymous, worked in London for seven years and would regularly see his works from the tube train on her way to work.
She visited Banksy’s studio and bought the Chimp canvas from Banksy’s Manager, one of two left from a series of five works.
Here at Banksy Posters, we’re priming our time travel machine and preparing to go back and snap up the remaining canvas, see you soon!
