A Banksy artwork has attracted bids of more than £200,000 on eBay, the successful bidder will have to cut out part of a concrete wall to take it home.

The stencilled design, which shows a classically-dressed painter putting the finishing touches to the real artist’s scrawled name, has so far received bids pushing the price to £207,000.

The work appeared on a Sunday morning, in the Portobello Road, West London. last September, when Banksy put scaffolding up and draped a cloth over it so he could work undetected. The artwork is now covered by a Perspex sheet .

The buyer must pay for the removal of the section of wall themselves if they want to take the painting away.

Last year, a Banksy painting, Space Girl and Bird, fetched £288,000 at auction.

Bobby Read, art expert at specialist insurer Hiscox, said: “It is a demonstration of the changing art market that the eyes of the art world are on eBay eagerly watching the sale of a wall gratified by Banksy.

Posted: 01|14|08 at 8:27 am. Filed under: Auction News.