Banksy street murals pulled from Miami auction after controversy
02-23-2013 06:59 PM
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Two spray-paint murals by the elusive street artist Banksy, including one that vanished last week from a North London wall, were pulled in the 11th hour from a Miami auction on Saturday. Who owns the London mural remains a mystery, as does how it ended up in a Miami auction house shortly after going missing. Frederic Thut, owner of Fine Art Auctions Miami, which had been due to sell the piece, has said his firm did "all necessary due diligence" to establish the ownership of the work. But the London piece and another Banksy mural were pulled nevertheless. ...
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