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Art for art's sake

The price of street art.

While many communities in this country don't take kindly to graffiti, the good people of Haringey LBC don't like it being removed… particularly if it happens to be worth a fortune.

'Slave Labour' by Banksy, a piece of street art worth thought to be around £450,000, was recently removed from the wall of a Poundland store in Wood Green, then put up for auction with Fine Art Auctions Miami (FAAM).

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