A Banksy artwork that was painted on a wall outside a cash-strapped youth club has been sold to a private collector for £403,000.
Broad Plain Boys’ Club in Bristol sold the work, which appeared in a doorway in April and sparked an ownership dispute with the council.
Banksy then wrote to the hard-up club saying it was theirs.
A mural to thank the artist was unveiled earlier. It was created with the Young Bristol Creative Team.
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The piece, attached to a piece of wood and screwed to the wall on Clement Street, was removed by members of the youth club with a crowbar.
Club owner Dennis Stinchcombe said the mural was painted to thank Banksy
Club owner Dennis Stinchcombe said: “Within 12 months we could have been closed, which means 120 years of exceptional youth work in Bristol would have been lost.
“That would have been a tragedy for Bristol.”
Broad Plain will be sharing a portion of the proceeds with a number of other voluntary sector youth clubs across the city.
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