A wall painted by mysterious British graffiti artist Banksy sold for 208,100 pounds (NT$13 million) on Jan.14, according to the results of an eBay auction. The work, depicting an artist in old-fashioned clothes putting the finishing touches on the word "BANKSY" spray-painted in red, was scrawled on a wall on the Portobello Road in the west London district of Notting Hill. Now the lucky buyer will just have to work out how to get it home, and faces the additional charge of moving the work of art and replacing the wall.

據eBay拍賣網站透露，英國神祕塗鴉藝術家班克西Banksy所畫的一面牆1月14日拍得208,100英鎊（約台幣1300萬元）。作品主要描繪一位穿著老式服飾的藝術家正在以紅漆噴畫的藝術字BANKSY上作最後潤飾，這個字是畫在倫敦西部諾丁丘地區波托貝洛路一堵牆上。現在這位幸運的買主得設法把它扛回家，並徵收額外的搬運費和另建一面牆的費用。

Luti Fagbenle, the owner of the property on which the graffiti is sprayed, said the artist had employed peo-ple to put up scaffolding on a Sunday morning, when Portobello's famous antiques market was in full swing, so that he could paint the work unseen. Neighbours were fobbed off when they got curious, he said. "A few hours later the scaffolding went down. And there it was," Fagbenle said.

被塗鴉的地產主人法伯諾說，知名塗鴉藝術家班克西在某個星期天早上請人架設鷹架，趁著波托貝洛路遠近馳名的古董市場生意熱絡之際，在沒有人注意的情況下作畫。他還說，當鄰居好奇探頭探腦時都被他用藉口搪塞過去。「幾小時後，鷹架拆除，畫就出現了，」法伯諾說。

Banksy, originally from Bristol, western England, has attracted a global following with his graffiti paintings on the walls of London buildings, and his work has been bought by actress Angelina Jolie and singer Christina Aguilera. Banksy's provocative works, which include paintings on Israel's barrier through the West Bank and commentaries on consumerism and power, have become favoured collectors' items.

班克西來自英格蘭西部的布里斯托。他在倫敦各建築物牆上所留的塗鴉作品已吸引全球買家搶購，連影星安琪莉娜裘莉和名歌星克莉絲汀都收藏他的塗鴉作品。班克西充滿挑釁的作品，包括以色列在約旦河西岸所設的路障關卡及對消費主義和權力的批判都成為粉絲最愛的收藏品。