Graffiti-covered Banksy truck to be auctioned — theguardian.com

Among the gleaming Bugattis, Aston Martins and Porsches at one of the UK’s premier car auctions next month will be a 17-tonne truck with a price tag to match them all. Bonhams has announced it is selling what can arguably be called Banksy’s largest artwork at its Goodwood Revival sale on 14 September. The truck was covered with graffiti by Banksy in 2000, when he was still very much under the art world’s radar. While a used Volvo FL6 box truck might cost a buyer somewhere in the low thousands of pounds, this one is estimated at between £1m-£1.5m.

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