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Anyone else seen a real 'Banksy'?

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flexpattern
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I have. This one is only about 5 minutes walk from my house. Found it yesterday down a side street. Unfortunately some local taggers have tagged over it and ruined it (dunno if you can ruin graffiti but whatever), Some experts reckon it was worth around £20,000! It's now been tagged over and stuff... oh well! It's the girl with a balloon saying 'No Future' on his website http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/outuk/horizontal_1.htm

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So anyone else seen a 'real banksy'?

P.s I might try to get a picture of the current state of it tomorrow if there isn't too much snow :)
Nov 29 2010 4:11PM
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Rainbow*Stylin
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kids are dicks to fuck with art
Nov 29 2010 4:23PM
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how are ignorant taggers supposed to know?
Nov 29 2010 4:28PM
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COrider
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That's some pretty sweet work. Honestly I had never heard of Banksy till the Simpsons intro though.
Nov 29 2010 4:28PM
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stunt_ditch
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In Chinatown, Boston:
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Nov 29 2010 4:31PM
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Afeld
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If you like Banksy, See "Exit Through The Gift Shop". Such a good movie
Nov 29 2010 4:33PM
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Rosbif
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This. I have seen a few, in Bristol and at Glastonbury festival a while back.
Nov 29 2010 4:38PM
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Mike-O
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Yup.

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Nov 29 2010 4:41PM
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howlongcanausern
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wow now that is subtle.
Nov 29 2010 4:54PM
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.josh.
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there was one on this road really near me that said something like "the motorway starts here" but it got painted over.
i went to the festival at leake street though under euston station, cans festival and saw a couple of real nice ones, including a massive mural styl;e one.
big props to him
Nov 29 2010 4:58PM
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Peter.
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this one is great
Nov 29 2010 5:06PM
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BASEDRILEY
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saw that one too its dope
Nov 29 2010 5:08PM
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TheStudioCC
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Nov 29 2010 5:10PM
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noelo12
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I think I saw one in Venice Italy but I can't confirm that if was his or a lookalike.
Nov 29 2010 5:11PM
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yellav
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used to work at a coffee shop in park city and he tagged the side of our building at sundance.


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Nov 29 2010 5:13PM
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Dan.
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nope, but I've partied with shepard fairey, who I have no respect for, so I guess that's not really a claim. wish I could meet banksy.
Nov 29 2010 5:16PM
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b-ladd
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saw this guy up in Park City.

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Nov 29 2010 5:17PM
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MANDER
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I live in Toronto and banksy came by sometime last year. I am always near it but always forget to see it.

Heres a really cool link:
http://torontoist.com/2010/05/where_to_find_torontos_banksy_pieces.php

Shows where they all are, and what they look like now. Only one of them is pretty much fully intact because they put a sheet of plastic over it after seeing all the others get tagged over.
Nov 29 2010 5:19PM
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nkmo.
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Theres one on a sign up Big Cottonwood Canyon, one in downtown SLC, ^that one in PC, and supposedly an Osama one somewhere else around here.
Nov 29 2010 7:15PM
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