This Banksy Mural Was Salvaged From the Wall of a London Office Building

Banksy’s Happy Choppers appeared on the side of an office building in east London in 2006. Anderson & Garland A restored Banksy mural salvaged from a London office building could sell for as much as $890,000 at auction this month. The piece, called Happy Choppers or Holywell Row Happy Helicopters, appeared in 2006 on the exterior wall of a building in east London’s Shoreditch neighborhood. The six-by-four-foot mural depicts three Apache attack helicopters decorated with pink bows. Banksy, the enigmatic British street artist, stenciled his signature in the work’s lower right corner. After the mural appeared, crowds began visiting the office building to see it, reports Artnet’s Verity Babbs. Unfortunately, the curious onlookers kept accidentally activating a security light, and the building’s frustrated owner had the artwork painted over in black. The owner sold the property the following year. The new owner had no idea a Banksy mural was hidden beneath the paint. Later, he was flipping through a photo book called Banksy Captured and came across a picture of the mural on the side of his building. He ran outside and saw a mostly black wall—but he noticed a helicopter propeller peeking out near the top, reports the Newcastle...