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Banksy: Buyer who removed 'hula-hoop girl' gets hate mail By David Pittam image captionJohn Brandler also bought the Banksy piece Seasons Greetings from a garage in Port Talbot in 2019 A man who bought a Banksy artwork and arranged its removal from a city said he has been sent hate mail branding him an "art thief". Nottingham's hula-hooping girl mural first appeared on the side of a salon on Rothesay Avenue in October. It was bought by gallery owner John Brandler for a "six-figure" sum and cut from the wall on Wednesday morning. Residents expressed disappointment at the move, and Mr Brandler...

Banksy's mural in Nottingham. Courtesy of Banksy. An art dealer has purchased a recent Banksy mural of a girl playing hula hoop with a bicycle tire from property owners in Lenton, Nottingham, as the market for the anonymous street artist’s work continues to climb. Banksy painted the mural on October 13 of last year, chaining a bent bike with a missing back wheel next to it in an apparent reference the Raleigh Bicycle Company, which has called Nottingham home since it was founded in 1887. The artist claimed the work as his own several days later in an Instagram post. Dealer John Brandler, o...

Banksy: Hula-hooping girl removed and sold for 'six figures' Published image captionOne resident said workmen put the "slab of brick" into a van A Banksy artwork has been removed from the side of a building in Nottingham and sold to a collector. The mural, which depicts a girl hula-hooping with a bicycle tyre, appeared on a residential street in October. The "slab of brick" was seen being cut from the wall in Rothesay Avenue from about 05:00 GMT. Gallery owner John Brandler told the BBC he paid a "six-figure sum" for the piece, and wanted to help preserve it, as well as put it on display.

Local people disappointed as artwork of girl hula-hooping with bicycle tyre is bought for six-figure sum