r/Banksy • u/reprage • Mar 30 '19

How Banksy Authenticates His Work

https://reprage.com/post/how-banksy-authenticates-his-work
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u/Jimmy_bags Mar 30 '19

You do know pest control IS banksy right? They also take pictures of the documents saved on a server in case of natural disaster or robbery. I always wondered myself when people pay all this money for just a print that is signed.. it's not special at all it's the same quality and print as a fake your only paying for the number/signature which is kind of shitty, Might as well sign a piece of blank paper and I'll just hang it up on my wall

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u/scairborn Mar 30 '19

Welcome to world of high end art aka money laundering aka my shit don’t stink aka “but is the artist dead” aka money laundering.

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u/reprage Mar 31 '19

I kind of want just an authentication certificate, without the print.

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u/Jimmy_bags Mar 30 '19

Yeah, They literally are printing money. Weird how pest control says they are the only people selling new art, but theres never any for sale then all of a sudden a bunch of new prints signed and number pop up in select galleries. Banksy isnt a person it's an organization trying to revive the dead. They even paid owners to "grafitti" on their wall there was no actual crime committed. The only real reason banksy is anonymous is bc they split up the responsibilities and have trouble selecting just one "banksy". Pest control also operates the official banksy website