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minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoHe has sold some of his work at auction, I’m guessing they didn’t write a check to “Banksy”.
minus-squareklu9@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoprobably wrote the cheque to a shell company
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoThere’s two companies associated with the name, at least. This is from memory, so grain of salt, but i believe there’s a company specifically to get a hold of the artist(s). And one that sells the prints and stuff.
minus-squarejawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoBanksy has also been to court before, fully represented by his lawyer. The odds of them not knowing precisely who he is are fairly low, I believe.
He has sold some of his work at auction, I’m guessing they didn’t write a check to “Banksy”.
probably wrote the cheque to a shell company
There’s two companies associated with the name, at least. This is from memory, so grain of salt, but i believe there’s a company specifically to get a hold of the artist(s). And one that sells the prints and stuff.
Banksy has also been to court before, fully represented by his lawyer. The odds of them not knowing precisely who he is are fairly low, I believe.