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Banksy Gangsta Rat For Sale
Banksy
Gangsta Rat, 2006
Spray paint and emulsion on canvas
30 x 24 in 76.2 x 61 cm
Edition
Series of unique variants
About this work
This compelling work depicts one of Banksy's signature rodents wielding a boom box in a defiant stance. Created in 2006, the piece showcases the artist's distinctive stencil technique using spray paint and emulsion on canvas. The rat emerges from a minimal background, rendered in Banksy's characteristic high-contrast style with bold outlines and urban aesthetic. Measuring thirty by twenty-four inches, the work captures the raw energy of street art while existing as a finished canvas piece suitable for serious collectors. The Gangsta Rat exemplifies Banksy's subversive commentary on urban culture and marginalized communities, transforming a common pest into a symbol of rebellion and resistance. This piece comes from a pivotal period in the artist's career when his transition from street walls to canvas was establishing his international reputation. Works from this era remain highly sought after, representing an important bridge between Banksy's guerrilla art origins and his position as one of contemporary art's most influential figures. Available for purchase — enquire for price and availability.
Price on Application
Auction History
Gangsta Rat · Banksy · Bonhams · 2017-06 · $162,138
Gangsta Rat (Dark Grey) · Banksy · Phillips · 2026-06 · $157,139
Gangsta Rat - Colour AP (Lime Green) · Banksy · Sotheby's · 2023-04 · $141,901
Gangsta Rat (Green) · Banksy · Sotheby's · 2022-08 · $136,875
GANGSTA RAT · Banksy · Sotheby's · 2018-09 · $90,394
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About the Gangsta Rat Series
Banksy Gangsta Rat Prints For Sale
Banksy's Gangsta Rat series stands as one of the artist's most iconic and sought-after bodies of work, representing a pivotal moment in his artistic evolution and the broader street art movement of the early 2000s. Created primarily in 2004, with a notable 2006 edition, this series exemplifies Banksy's masterful ability to transform urban pest imagery into powerful social commentary. The anthropomorphized rat, depicted wielding a marker pen in an aggressive stance, serves as Banksy's ultimate symbol of anti-establishment resistance—a creature that exists everywhere yet remains invisible, perfectly mirroring the street artist's own ethos. This powerful metaphor resonates deeply with collectors who appreciate both the subversive narrative and the artist's sharp critique of territorial marking, ownership, and urban culture.
From a technical standpoint, the Gangsta Rat screenprints showcase Banksy's exceptional command of the medium, with each color variant demonstrating sophisticated registration and print quality. The series includes highly collectible signed editions in orange, green, mint, blue, and grey, alongside signed and unsigned versions in standard colorways, and a distinctive 2006 edition. The signed examples from 2004 are particularly prized, as they represent authenticated works from a crucial period before Banksy's market values reached stratospheric levels. The variety of colors allows collectors to acquire versions that complement their existing collections while maintaining the series' core iconography and impact.
The market position of the Gangsta Rat series has strengthened considerably over the past two decades, with these works consistently performing well at auction and in private sales. As Banksy's reputation has evolved from underground provocateur to blue-chip contemporary artist, early series like Gangsta Rat have become increasingly significant as foundational works in his oeuvre. Collectors view these prints as essential acquisitions for any serious Banksy collection, combining accessible imagery with profound cultural commentary. The varying availability of signed versus unsigned editions, alongside the 2006 release, provides multiple entry points for collectors at different investment levels.
For collectors interested in acquiring works from the Gangsta Rat series, Guy Hepner gallery offers authenticated examples with comprehensive provenance documentation.
About Banksy
Banksy prints for sale at Guy Hepner include authenticated signed and unsigned editions: Girl with Balloon, Choose Your Weapon, Tesco Soup Cans, Fragile, Laugh Now, and Flower Thrower. Buy Banksy prints in New York through our gallery at 177 Tenth Avenue — all works sourced with full provenance and authentication documentation. We also buy Banksy art and offer free valuations for sellers.
Banksy is the world’s most celebrated anonymous street artist — a figure whose identity remains unknown but whose visual language is instantly recognisable across continents. Emerging from the Bristol graffiti scene in the early 1990s, Banksy developed a stencil-based technique that allowed rapid, precise execution on walls, bridges, and public surfaces from London and New York to Gaza and the West Bank. His work fuses dark humour, political provocation, and formal rigour in a way that has made him equally at home on the street and in the auction room. Today, Banksy art for sale represents one of the most dynamic and hotly contested segments of the contemporary secondary market.
Banksy Art For Sale
Banksy art for sale encompasses original spray-painted canvases, unique works on board, signed and unsigned print editions, and — on rare occasions — documented wall works sold with photographic authentication. The breadth of subjects he has addressed is remarkable: consumer capitalism (Tesco Soup Cans, Trolley Hunters), celebrity culture (Kate Moss, Andy Warhol), surveillance and control (Radar Rat, CCTV Watching), and hope and fragility (Girl with Balloon, Fragile).
The benchmark auction event in Banksy’s market history remains the October 2018 Sotheby’s London sale, when Girl with Balloon — having just sold for £1.04 million — was partially shredded by a device concealed in the frame, becoming Love is in the Bin. The reconstituted work subsequently sold in October 2021 for £18.5 million, underscoring the extraordinary commercial power of Banksy’s interventions and the appetite of the global collector base for his most iconic imagery.
Banksy Paintings For Sale
Banksy paintings for sale — unique spray-painted works on canvas or board — are the rarest and most valuable category of his output. These works, typically produced in small numbers for specific shows or commissions, carry full documentation from Pest Control and have appeared at auction with results ranging from six to eight figures. Choose Your Weapon, Monkey Parliament, and large-format stencil canvases from his early 2000s output represent the apex of private collector demand.
Provenance is paramount for Banksy paintings. Unbroken ownership history from first sale through to the present day, combined with a current Pest Control certificate, is the minimum standard for any serious acquisition. Works without this documentation carry substantial authentication risk regardless of visual appearance.
Banksy Prints: Signed vs Unsigned
Banksy print editions form the most accessible and widely traded category of his market. Published through his own distribution channels and in very limited numbers, these screenprints exist in signed and unsigned variants — a distinction that has a significant impact on value. Signed editions — with Banksy’s hand signature — command multiples of two to five times comparable unsigned editions in the same print run.
Key print series sought by collectors include: Girl with Balloon (multiple colourways), Choose Your Weapon, Kate Moss, Tesco Soup Cans, Fragile, Radar Rat, Flower Thrower, and Di-Faced Tenners. Edition sizes vary from as few as 150 to several hundred, and sell-through rates at auction confirm strong secondary demand across all major series.
Banksy Authentication: Pest Control
Pest Control is Banksy’s official authentication body and the only organisation authorised to certify works as genuine. When you buy Banksy prints or original art, a current Pest Control Certificate of Authenticity (COA) is the non-negotiable standard. The COA features a torn currency note — half retained by Pest Control, half with the work — as a security measure, and is registered against a specific edition and owner.
At Guy Hepner Gallery, every Banksy work offered for sale is accompanied by Pest Control documentation. We do not offer works without verified authentication, and our team is available to guide collectors through the acquisition process, including condition reporting, framing recommendations, and insurance valuation.
Ready to buy Banksy art? Contact Guy Hepner to explore our current inventory of authenticated Banksy prints and original works.