BANKSY in Hamtramck

Did I hear about a sale Maybe 666 should cross the auction block

Hamtramck Banksy Authenticated
(Posted on April 1, 2014 by Hillary)
A stencil on the corner of Sobieski and Commor in Hamtramck was painted by none other than British street artist Banksy.
This work is based on an earlier piece, «Laugh Now», commissioned for a Brighton night club in 2002. The new message can only be a reference to the 555 Gallery and their intention to sell part of a wall taken from the Packard Plant in Detroit.
We couldn’t believe it either, but when we heard from a friend of a friend that Banksy had again visited Detroit to make a statement about «commercialism, capitalism and the mechanics of the art market», we sent a request to Pest Control, a service that issues certificates on behalf of the artist. Despite their promise of a «lengthy and challenging process», they were quick to reply in this case.
«Graffiti art has a hard enough life as it is — with council workers wanting to remove it and kids wanting to draw moustaches on it, before you add hedge-​fund managers wanting to chop it out and hang it over the fireplace.»
«For the sake of keeping all street art where it belongs I’d encourage people not to buy anything by anybody unless it was created for sale in the first place.»
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This proved to be an April Fool’s joke, but we had tons of fun visiting and discussing Albert Kahn, the Packard Plant, Banksy, the Packard Banksy, the 555 Gallery, and this «Banksy».