For the real name of Banksy offered one million dollars - Форум по искусству и инвестициям в искусство

SergeiSK · 18-01-2011, 14:51

On the online auction site eBay put information on this behalf by British artist Banksy, reports news.com.au. Sold by the nickname jaybuysthings, who lives in the U.S., claims that he was able to find out his name by comparing data on the sales of his works with tax records.
The starting price of the lot is three thousand dollars. At the time of writing this note, the proposed price was equal to 999,999 dollars. Auction must be completed on January 19.
According to the seller wins the auction will be the only person to whom it will tell the real name of Banksy. Direct commodity which he sells, is a piece of paper with the name written on it. As explained by jaybuysthings, similar to his previous auction was canceled because of lack of "goods" as such, so he put the information up for sale in this form.
Who exactly is behind the pseudonym of Banksy, not known for certain. At various times, claimed that the real name of the artist - Robin Banks, Robert and Robin Cunningham, however, this information has not been confirmed.
(Lenta.Ru)
Here is the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Identity-Banksy-...item3cb42c5e06

Vladimir · 18-01-2011, 15:38

Curiosity killed the cat

"a rare nonsense - what difference does it his name.
Such money may be paid to the idea of popular tabloids they have.

etranger · 18-01-2011, 18:19

Did not grow together, however: UPDATE: The eBay auction listing Banksy's real name for sale for $ 1,000,000 has now been removed.

http://www.techradar.com/news/intern...on-ebay-922278

18-01-2011, 14:51	Original language: Russian #1
SergeiSK Гуру Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Russia, $ochi Posts: 5,666 Thanks: 1,397 Thanked 6,209 Times in 1,926 Posts Blog Entries: 4294967279 Reputation: 9995	For the real name of Banksy offered one million dollars On the online auction site eBay put information on this behalf by British artist Banksy, reports news.com.au. Sold by the nickname jaybuysthings, who lives in the U.S., claims that he was able to find out his name by comparing data on the sales of his works with tax records. The starting price of the lot is three thousand dollars. At the time of writing this note, the proposed price was equal to 999,999 dollars. Auction must be completed on January 19. According to the seller wins the auction will be the only person to whom it will tell the real name of Banksy. Direct commodity which he sells, is a piece of paper with the name written on it. As explained by jaybuysthings, similar to his previous auction was canceled because of lack of "goods" as such, so he put the information up for sale in this form. Who exactly is behind the pseudonym of Banksy, not known for certain. At various times, claimed that the real name of the artist - Robin Banks, Robert and Robin Cunningham, however, this information has not been confirmed. (Lenta.Ru) Here is the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/Identity-Banksy-...item3cb42c5e06

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18-01-2011, 15:38	Original language: Russian #2
Vladimir Гуру Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 8,085 Thanks: 3,353 Thanked 25,444 Times in 5,540 Posts Reputation: 23525	Curiosity killed the cat "a rare nonsense - what difference does it his name. Such money may be paid to the idea of popular tabloids they have.

18-01-2011, 18:19	Original language: Russian #3
etranger Пользователь Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 96 Thanks: 18 Thanked 108 Times in 35 Posts Reputation: 216	Did not grow together, however: UPDATE: The eBay auction listing Banksy's real name for sale for $ 1,000,000 has now been removed. http://www.techradar.com/news/intern...on-ebay-922278