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Weston Super Mare - Signed Print by Banksy 2003 - MyArtBroker

Weston Super Mare
Signed Print

Banksy

£25,000-£35,000Value Indicator

$50,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

$45,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

¥230,000-¥320,000 Value Indicator

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¥4,770,000-¥6,670,000 Value Indicator

$30,000-$45,000 Value Indicator

12% AAGR

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 150

Year: 2003

Size: H 35cm x W 100cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Banksy’s Weston Super Mare (signed) is estimated to be worth between £24,000 and £35,000. This screenprint, created in 2003, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 11%. This popular artwork has an impressive auction history, having been sold 46 times at auction since its initial sale on 23rd October 2008. In the last 12 months, the hammer price has varied from £18,000 in January 2024 to £46,000 in December 2020. The current average annual growth rate is 11% and the edition size is limited to 150.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
January 2024Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
February 2023Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
January 2023Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
July 2022Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
March 2022Christie's London United Kingdom
October 2021Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
September 2021Sotheby's Online United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Weston Super Mare by Banksy is a three-colour limited edition signed screen print of 150 and was released in 2003. The piece which depicts an elderly man, seated on a park bench, typical of those found along British seaside promenades. The man is quietly seated, hands folded in his lap, and his cane resting on the bench beside him. He looks to be content, perhaps watching the shoreline or the world go by. We must assume this is set in the coastal town of Weston Super Mare, given the title! The man is blind to the oncoming danger depicted to the right of the artwork. Banksy has stencilled an ominous, imposing, dark black bandsaw, almost hurtling towards the man on the bench. It seems to convey motion, tearing up the ground beneath it without a care for what may be in its path.

This rather eerie image could simply comment on the ultimate finality of life, or perhaps it’s most of Banksy's observations on how oblivious we can be in our day to day. Confident in our environment, our lives and existence, we might be naively assuming we are in control of our destiny without stopping to consider that there may be a menacing bandsaw just around the corner. The message of the artwork could thus be to enjoy the small moments, because you simply never know what is just around the corner. Weston Super Mare was also the location of Banksy's 2015 'experience' Dismaland which took over a derelict theme park in the seaside town and caused an international clamour for tickets.