Banksy: Hula-hooping girl removed and sold for 'six figures'
 

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Sold.


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Before Sold.


[A Banksy artwork has been removed from
the side of a building in Nottingham
and sold to a collector.
The mural, which depicts a girl hula-hooping
with a bicycle tyre, appeared on a
residential street in October.
The "slab of brick" was seen being cut from
the wall in Rothesay Avenue from about 05:00 GMT.
Gallery owner John Brandler told the BBC
he paid a "six-figure sum" for the piece,
and wanted to help preserve it,
as well as put it on display.
Resident Dan Golstein said workmen
were "drilling into the wall" in the early hours.
The artwork was then seen being loaded
into the back of a van.
Mr Brandler said the workers were part of a
"very specialised company" which had
removed Banksy art before.
The collector owns a number of the
elusive artist's pieces, including Seasons Greetings,
which he bought from a garage in Port Talbot in 2019.
Rothesay Avenue Banksy artwork removed]


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