Poundland Banksy May Have Been Illegally Exported To America
The ‘Poundland’ Banksy mural which appeared around the time of the Diamond Jubilee last year has been hacked off of the wall and listed for sale at a US auction site with a £320,000 -£452,000 estimate. The mural depicts a child labourer hunched over a sewing machine stitching a string of Union Jack bunting.The work created in Whymark Avenue, Wood Green, North London appeared in May last year. Banksy websites describe it as a statement on the use of sweat-shop child labour.
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