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Trevor Blake
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Oliver and Ruiz: the eBay Banksy print fraud
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Unauthorised prints by the anonymous graffiti artist Banksy have been sold on eBay as limited edition, signed works, by employees of the company which publishes and authenticates the artist's works on paper, Pictures on Walls (POW). These have been stamped with a replica of the POW blindstamp and some of them carry forged signatures. The prices for the prints have then been raised by an illegal practice known as shill bidding in which sellers or their associates make offers for goods to inflate the price artificially. [...] In a statement Banksy, his dealer Steve Lazarides, and the directors of POW, confirmed that unauthorised prints "have been sold on eBay" and stressed that they along with members of the public "have been victims of criminal behaviour." The company has launched a full-scale investigation and is inviting concerned collectors wanting to reauthenticate their Banksy prints to come forward.
[Article continues at link. Where is the art, where is the crime? - Trevor Blake]
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