Not Banksy related Vinyls/CDs
I guess we all wonder how fast prices for Banksy Artworks on Vinyls or CDs increase at the present time. Well, I definitely do. But I don't wonder why approved Banksy records are getting more expensiv continously, cause it's really Banksy's influence or artworking on it and due to the fact that there are no Banksy prints for years, this is maybe the easiest way to own a Banksy work, even though Pest Control does not confirm record or CD covers as an artwork.
But I wonder why not approved Banksy artwork-Vinyls or CDs are partlially even more expensive than the "real" ones. Take a look at the Dirty Funkers or the Boys in Blue records for example. You can see on the picture below what I mean:
Incomprehensibly the offers for non-approved Artwork covers are much cheaper than the legit ones! This is a picclick screenshot of ebay offers from Dec. 2021.
At least we have this situation already for a longer time now, and I can understand why people prefer to collect covers without writing and just big sized, famous motives shown on it. And this is mostly given for the unauthorized covers.
But the actual reason why I write this article does not really concerns the unauthorized Banksy Vinyls/CDs... it's another issue which just makes me speechless sometimes. It's the fact, that some Banksy-Collectors pay hundreds of Euros for records and CDs which have nothing more than a Banksy named title or not even that, but only a relation to Labels which have released Banksy Cover Artworks in the past. The best example for this is the "We Love You... So Love Us Three" Promo:
What is the Banksy part of this??? The heart in Label-tag? This CD Promo does not have any Banksy artwork on it and it's definitely not reasonable to pay prices for this like the prices you can see on the Discogs marketplace screenshot.
Another example is this record:
"Broke Aber High" by Scraf Face. I don't know anything about this record and maybe it's just a great and thought after record, which is really worth 90€. But I assume that only the fact that title B15 is named "Banksy" and due to this the record will be found if you type "Banksy" in your Discogs search makes it worth 90€ for some people.
My last but at least favourite example for this kind of misleading is a CD of "The Artist Merlin" Venon with the title "Banksy Blues":
As you can see he put two Artworks on the cover and the rear cover of his release. The first one is the Astronaut goes shopping mural from Bristol and the second (on the rear cover) is called "Fake Love", the place where the photo was taken is unknown.
The title of this release suggest that he tried to find some great Banksy pieces to dress up his CD-design. But the funny thing is, he failed really bad by choosing the two artworks for his "Banksy Blues", cause he wasn't able to choose even one Artwork which is really made by Banksy 😂
The "Astronaut Shopping" was made by SPQR in Bristol around 2010 and "Fake Love" is made by Fake Stencils from Amsterdam, it appeared (presumed) the first time 2011 in Amsterdam:
Astronaut goes Shopping, SPQR Bristol, Widewalls Screenshot
Fake Love, Fake Stencils Amsterdam, Screenshot taken from Instagram
Fake Love, Fake Stencils Amsterdam 2011, Screenshot taken from Instagram
So, we have a CD called "Banksy Bues" with at least no other Banksy relation inside, no artwork, no credits and absolutely no collaboration or authorization. What do you think, how much are people willing to pay for that? And this time I wouldn't guess that the CD is sought after because of it's outstanding quality. Well have a look by yourself:
My motivation to type this text is to please you to think about what you are going to buy. Sometimes it's not like it seems and you throw your money away for at least nothing...