Banksy 2026: Auction Results and News
Banksy's anti-Brexit Keep Ou T goes to auction in London on 15 October, after a $17.94m canvas, a print record and a new statue. Banksy's 2026 so far.
Independent art auction advisory
We represent your side of the transaction — valuing, negotiating and placing art across the world's salerooms.
Fifteen years placing contemporary, modernist and photographic art — alongside major street artists such as Banksy — with the right saleroom, at the right moment.
Works consigned to and acquired through
- Sotheby's
- Christie's
- Phillips
- Bonhams
- Heritage
- Artnet
- Artsy
- Grisebach
- Tateward
- Julien's LA
What we do
Auction advisory
We model your options across international and regional salerooms — estimate, timing, settlement period and every associated fee — then negotiate reduced seller's rates on your behalf. All paperwork and remittance stays in your name.
Collecting
Buying at auction, from dealers, from other collectors or direct from the artist. We negotiate on your behalf, verify what you are being offered, and reduce the risk attached to purchases found through any channel.
Locations
We act for sellers across the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and consign into whichever market suits the work.
Categories
Browse artworks
Contemporary and Post-War Art
Work from 1945 to now — the most actively traded category at auction, and the one where estimates move fastest.
Modernist Art
Early- and mid-twentieth-century painting and sculpture, where condition and exhibition history carry unusual weight.
Impressionist Art
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works, a market that rewards impeccable provenance above almost everything else.
Old Master Paintings and Drawings
Pre-1800 painting and works on paper, where attribution and scholarship determine value more than fashion.
Photographic Art
Vintage and contemporary photography, where print date, edition and printer matter as much as the image.
Street Art and Urban Contemporary
Banksy and the wider urban contemporary market, where authentication paperwork is often half the value.
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Round up, September, 2026
A single-artist Hockney sale in London where 58 of the 75 lots sold beat their high estimates, single-owner collections that ran far past their estimates in New York and Paris, and steady sales at the fairs in Seoul and New York. What September showed sellers, and what October brings.
Frequently asked
What does an art auction advisor actually do?
We represent the seller rather than the auction house. That means comparing houses and sale dates, negotiating seller's commission and unsold fees, agreeing estimates and reserves, and handling shipping, insurance and settlement. The paperwork and remittance stay in your name. More on what an art advisor does.
Can you help me decide which auction house to use?
That is most of the job. We put a work to the houses that suit it — international, specialist or regional — and compare what each comes back with: the estimate, which sale, the commission, the unsold fee and when you would be paid. You see the answers side by side and choose, and we negotiate the terms of the one you pick. The full account is on which auction house to use.
Why should we go through Whitebank Fine Art?
We compare pricing estimates and structures from all the best auction houses and offer you this as feedback to make your own decision. Our services are usually free of charge and all contractual paperwork and remittance remains in your name.
What do you charge?
Our fees are typically 0%. On rare occasions we may need to charge a 2.5% - 10% commission due to the complexity of the sale. Even in these cases, because we negotiate reduced seller rates on your behalf, the overall cost of selling is usually the same or lower than consigning directly.
Can you help me reduce fees?
Yes. Seller's commission is the most negotiable number in an auction sale: every house publishes a rate card, and for anything of consequence the published rate is not the one that gets agreed. We negotiate reduced seller's rates on your behalf, and unsold and marketing fees can usually be avoided too. With our own fees typically at 0%, the overall cost of selling is usually the same as or lower than consigning directly. For every fee, see what selling at auction costs.
Which auction houses do you work with?
We have extensive experience working with all major auction houses. On choosing between them, see which auction house to use.
Can you value a work before I decide to sell?
Yes. Send details and images and we will advise on likely pricing using results from a specialist art price database, with no obligation to proceed.
Do you handle Banksy and street art?
Yes. We are specialists in Pest Control documentation, Banksy valuations and shipping through the artist's preferred courier, and have negotiated original and print sales at the major houses with significant reductions in seller's fees. For what prints actually sell for, see Banksy prices.
Which locations do you cover?
We act for sellers across the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and the work does not have to come to us to be valued — photographs of the piece, its reverse and its signature are enough to begin. Where a category performs better in another market, that is where we consign it, with shipping, insurance and customs arranged on your behalf.
How to sell
Three steps, and the first one takes a few minutes with a phone.
01Send photographs
The work itself, the reverse, the signature and any numbering, and any labels on the frame or backing board. Phone photographs are fine. This is enough to begin on almost every work we are sent.
02We identify it and value it in writing
What it is, which edition or period it belongs to, and a realistic range with the comparable results behind it — so you can see the reasoning rather than take a figure on trust. No charge, and no obligation to go further.
03You choose the route, we negotiate it
Auction or private sale, and if auction, which house and which sale. We compare the terms rather than accept a rate card, and the paperwork and remittance stay in your name throughout.