Banksy

£25,000-£40,000 VALUE (EST.)

AUD45,000-AUD70,000 VALUE (EST.)

CAD40,000-CAD60,000 VALUE (EST.)

CNY210,000-CNY340,000 VALUE (EST.)

€30,000-€45,000 VALUE (EST.)

HKD230,000-HKD370,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥4,150,000-¥6,640,000 VALUE (EST.)

$30,000-$50,000 VALUE (EST.)

This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

Meaning & Analysis

Trolley Hunters is a highly coveted limited edition signed screen print from a series of 150, released in 2007 as a part of the first UK Trolleys series release.

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Trolley Hunters is a particularly desirable print as a part of the first UK Trolleys series release and was a total edition run of 650, with 150 being signed Banksy prints. A very small number of signed prints were also a part of the LA edition, available during Banksy’s Barely Legal exhibition. These prints entitled Trolley Hunters (colour) have a slightly different background colour and are highly sought-after.

In Trolley Hunters, Banksy is clearly scolding the ‘West’ for their reliance on mass market commercialism to feed themselves and their families. The scene depicted on the print is a humorous take on such a prescient social critique, showing a group of “hunters” preparing to spear down some shopping carts.. The same critique is formulated in works such as Very Little Helps, showing a group of kids saluting to a Tesco bag flying high as a flag. Along similar themes, Banksy once used marker pen on a piece of stone to replicate cave paintings, showing a primitive hunter pushing a shopping trolley. He then placed the stone in a museum exhibition, which continued to go unnoticed for almost a week.