Banksy’s artworks fail to shift
A number of works by guerrilla artist Banksy have failed to sell at a modern art auction in London.
Fungle Junk - a mural painted on the side of a van - was expected to make £150,000 but was withdrawn after a bid of half that price was made.
A spokesman for auctioneer Lyon and Turnbull said the artist’s refusal to authenticate the works was to blame.
The modern art sale’s disappointing" outcome was also put down to the current economic climate.
Some 80% of the lots at the auction failed to sale, according to Ben Hanly, Lyon and Turnbull’s contemporary art specialist.
