£1million payday if Banksy paints your (old) wagon...
BANKSY’S biggest work of art – an old lorry covered in graffiti – is expected to sell for more than £1million next month.
The artist spray-painted the Volvo FL6 at a Millennium party in Spain before making his name.
The truck, which shows monkeys and man with a mohican swinging a hammer, then helped ship a circus around Europe and South America for years.
Experts believe it could fetch as much as £1.5million, making it one of the most expensive lorries in history.The work of art, called Turbo Zone Truck (Laugh Now But One DayWe’ll Be in Charge) is being sold by Bonhams.
It described the garish lorry as “both a prodigious work of art and a noteworthy vehicle with an incredible story”.
It goes on sale on September 14 at Goodwood Revival, a three-day event held in Chichester,West Sussex. Christie’s is holding a separate auction of Banksy’s work called I Can’t Believe You Morons Actually Buy This S***.
The auctioneers yesterday took a copy of one of his most famous images, Girl With Balloon, to London’s Waterloo Bridge, where it first emerged in 2002.
The online auction takes place from September 11 to 24.