Banksy Greatest Britons 2007 Crystal Trophy, Arts Award With Steve Lazarides Letter And Presentation Box
Banksy Greatest Britons 2007 Crystal Trophy, Arts Award With Steve Lazarides Letter And Presentation Box
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Condition notes
The crystal is shown without chips in the photographs. The presentation box is damaged by the weight of the trophy.
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The crystal trophy for the Arts category of the Greatest Britons awards of 2007, offered with a signed letter from the former manager who kept it.
The Piece
A thick block of clear crystal rises at a slant and carries an etched globe at its shoulder, with the words Greatest Britons 2007 cut into the face and a plate naming the artist and the category. It is heavy in the hand. The fitted black presentation box survives, though the weight of the crystal has strained it and it shows considerable wear.
The artist was named winner of the Arts award and, as expected, did not appear to collect it. The trophy is known to have stayed with Steve Lazarides, who then acted for the artist, and the letter that travels with it bears his signature and thumbprint and dates from its passage to a saleroom in the United States.
An Award Nobody Collected
The Greatest Britons awards of 2007 were decided by public vote and shown on television, with the Queen honoured in the same year. The question of the evening was whether an artist who had never shown his face would walk on stage. He did not. An object made for a ceremony he refused to attend is an unusual kind of relic: official, engraved, and never held by the person it names.
Details
- Object: Crystal trophy with etched globe
- Award: Greatest Britons 2007, Arts
- Papers: Signed letter from Steve Lazarides
- Box: Fitted presentation box, worn
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- The crystal is shown without chips in the photographs.
- The presentation box is damaged by the weight of the trophy.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (good) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
The trophy is offered with the signed letter shown in the photographs. The Desk will gladly help a buyer confirm the history of the piece before a purchase is completed. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan with rigid protection and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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