Sotheby’s Wednesday night sale LOT 54, BANKSY, B. 1975

SALE ENDS TODAY, 600,000—800,000 USD, 84 x 168 in, signed and dated 21 July 2006 on the overlap, oil on canvas

Over the next three days, during a very important time for contemporary art, three seminal works by Banksy will come to auction in three different auction houses in New York. Sale Ends Today (above) is a large piece that debuted at Banksy’s Barely Legal show in Los Angeles during 2006. That exhibition was Banksy’s coming out party to mainstream America and one of the key reasons why his works are now showing up in New York auction houses. After the jump, the two other pieces that will be on the block in the next couple days.

Christie’s POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY AFTERNOON SESSION WEDNESDAY LOT 464, BANKSY, B. 1975

Untitled (Fuck the Police), Estimate $250,000 – $350,000, signed Banksy (lower right), acrylic and spray enamel on panel, 48 x 48 in. (122 x 122 cm.) Executed in 2000

Bonham’s Contemporary Art Sale, New York, 13 May 2008 Lot No: 42, Banksy (British, born 1975)

Untitled (“Laugh Now …”), Estimate: $120,000 – 180,000, 1998, spraypaint stenciled on acrylic on board, 24 x 28 1/2in (61 x 73.5cm)