banksy forgeries

[svenman]

from POW....


PRODUCT WARNING

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It has come to our attention that a number of forged Banksy prints are currently in circulation. These include 'Rude Copper', 'Laugh Now...', 'Happy Choppers', 'Girl With Balloon' and 'I Fought The Law'. They are screenprinted, numbered and embossed with a replica POW stamp.

The forged prints have been allocated print numbers registered to specific retailers that POW supplied some years ago and are sold alongside bogus receipts from these retailers. Only a handful of these have so far come to our attention and they are easily identified as fake by anyone familiar with POW products, but please be aware that buying prints on the secondary market at bargain prices should be undertaken with extreme caution.

We have passed this matter onto the relevant authorities and are, as always, happy to check the provenance of your print if you contact the office.

Thanks

[sleepboy]

scary for print collectors out there. that's why people always ask for provenance but i guess that can be forged too.

[svenman]

i'd say that provenance could be forged much easier than the print itself..

[drunkmunky02]

very true sven. the provenance is just an emailed purchase receipt from POW right? it's nothing really fancy so i'd be easy to just fabricate one.

[keen]

wouldnt banksy be like one of the easiest to forge. i mean you only need illustrator or a similar program.
i could get the 13 year old kid down at the train station to spray a stencil or two for me and i could sell the cut out bricks in plexi glass for a cool million. im thinking a bunny eating a carrot but the carrot is a syringe.

[ritedere]

keen said:

wouldnt banksy be like one of the easiest to forge. i mean you only need illustrator or a similar program.
i could get the 13 year old kid down at the train station to spray a stencil or two for me and i could sell the cut out bricks in plexi glass for a cool million. im thinking a bunny eating a carrot but the carrot is a syringe.

No one would buy it if it wasn't authenticated though.

Okay, I take that back. Someone would probably take a shot and buy it hoping it could be authenticated in the future and make a ton of money off of it, but I doubt anyone would pay more than a couple bucks for it without provenance.