British graffiti artist Banksy has made his most audacious statement yet — offering his signed original spray paintings for $60 apiece at a street-side stall outside Central Park.
The ever elusive artist posted on his personal site that he would be “attempting to host an entire show on the streets of New York” throughout the month of October, and for one day, the show featured a makeshift gift shop in Central Park.
Only three customers bought prints from the anonymous elderly man working the“Spray Art” stall.
The paintings are actually worth around $42,400 each.
Banksy couldn’t help but mock the Big Apple’s masses, posting video of the slow sales day on his Web site.
Yesterday I set up a stall in the park selling 100% authentic original signed Banksy canvases. For $60 each,
The three lucky customers snatched up eight paintings for a total of $420 during the seven hours – the works have an estimated total value of a quarter-million dollars.
In a note posted to his Web site, the artist wrote:
Please note this was a one-off. The stall will not be there again.
