Banksy works sold with items going for double the expected price

By Jose Ramos Published: 04:19 EDT, 1 November 2024 | Updated: 04:41 EDT, 1 November 2024 A print of Banksy‘s famous Girl with a Balloon artwork has been sold for more than 100,000 dollars at an American auction. The original proof print by the British street artist raked in $104,000, around £80,652, twice the expected price at a Los Angeles auction.   All of the pieces were offered to the public by Julien’s Auctions from the ‘astonishing’ collection of the artist’s agent and photographer Steve Lazarides. The original Hooded Figure painting previously sold for $78,000, equivalent to £60,496. Other items from the artist included an original hand-cut stencil of Banksy’s name which sold for $58,000 dollars or £44,984 while a series of sketches by the reclusive artist on a manilla featuring concept designs for his Paparazzi Rat stencil went for $52,000 or £40,336. As part of the auction, were also 15 burner phones used by Lazarides to contact Banksy, an original brand of Puma ‘Turf War’ sneakers worn by the Bristol artist and original proof prints of many of his other works. Darren Julien, co-founder and executive director of Julien’s Auctions, said: ‘This astonishing collection assembled and lovingly kept for over...