Hemmings Daily: GMC van bearing Banksy mural art estimated to bring up to $400,000 at auction

Photos courtesy Bonhams. The choice of the van was intentional. The pseudononymous street artist Banksy has claimed many a run-in with the police and made authoritarianism a common motif in his artwork, so what better canvas for him than a slab-sided GMC step van that once allegedly served SWAT duty? This week that van and its murals will head to a contemporary art auction in London, where it's expected to become the most expensive step van sold at auction. Banksy, known for his stencil-based graffiti about as

View in Browser | Subscribe Tuesday, June 28, 2016 GMC van bearing Banksy mural art estimated to bring up to $400,000 at auction Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photos courtesy Bonhams. The choice of the van was intentional. The pseudononymous street artist Banksy has claimed many a run-in with the police and made authoritarianism a common motif in his artwork, so what better canvas for him than a slab-sided GMC step van that once allegedly served SWAT duty? This week that van and its murals will head to a contemporary art auction in London, where it's expected to become the most expensive step van sold at auction. Banksy, known for his stencil-based graffiti about as... 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