I’m sure a lot of the low sales were because of doubt of its authenticity. If I saw a stall set up on the street that was claiming to be selling genuine works of a famous artist for low-ball prices, I’d assume that it wasn’t legit. I’d assume they were knock-offs. It’s like if someone was selling Rolexes on the street corner for 20 bucks. You wouldn’t assume they were the real deal and that it was a super special opportunity to own a real Rolex for next to nothing. You’d assume that they were counterfeit. Especially with an artist known for being elusive like Banksy. He’d be a wonderful artist to pull such a scam with. He’s exactly the kind of artist who some could be convinced that he would do such a thing as set up a pop-up shop of rock-bottom priced art on the street and also not easy to authenticate whether the shop is real since he’s not easily recognized by sight and not super easy to contact to verify the authenticity of the shop. So it’s not like folks just wouldn’t drop a couple bucks for a Banksy, it’s that they wouldn’t drop a couple bucks for what was a whole lot more likely to be an absolutely worthless scam.
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