I would like to ask you to de me a favour but before I do, I want to share with you the story of the woman who woke up to find a mural painted on the side of her house.

Nickie Hadley from Hyde in Greater Manchester only realised that she had a mural on the side of her house when she looked out of her window and saw neighbours looking at it.

When they waved at her and shouted ‘we love it’, Ms Hadley decided to investigate.

Ms Hadley lives in an area which has a lot of natural beauty which is also earmarked for 2,000 new homes.

She is part of a group opposing the plans and in a local Facebook group set up to discuss the plans she said that she had a wall which if anyone wanted to place a protest poster on it, they could.

She never expected to find a piece of protest art painted to the wall.

As part of an interview with the Manchester Evening News, Ms Hadley said: “It’s always easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission!”

The artwork depicts a young boy pulling a barrow full of bricks with an aeroplane flying above pulling a “save our green belt” banner.

The artist responsible for the stencil style artwork is known locally as ‘Mr Eggs’.

The reason for sharing this is to talk about perception and reputation.

The artwork by Mr Eggs is – as far as I am aware – worth nothing. There is no monetary value to it.

But, had the artwork been painted by another street artist known as Banksy… it could be worth tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands and possibly millions.

A recent piece of street art which appeared on the wall of an electrical shop in Lowestoft in Sussex was sold to an unnamed buyer here in the UK and the rumour is that it sold for £2 million.

Realising that the artwork was an official Banksy piece and could be worth a fortune, the shop owners, Gary and Nadine Schwartz, had the wall with the artwork removed by a construction engineering contractor.

The buyer didn’t just get a piece of artwork; they now have half of a shop wall, a few paving slabs and a pile of sand.

What is interesting here is that the piece of artwork which appeared on Ms Hadley’s wall in Greater Manchester is just as good, if not better than the Banksy piece which is rumoured to have sold for £2 million.

Banksy is not the only street artist in the world… many would say that he isn’t the best either.

There are many who are just as prolific, just as political and just as thought provoking… but he is the one who has somehow captured the public’s attention.

Many celebrities have admitted to owning artwork by Banksy which has helped grow his credibility.

Banksy clearly has a celebrity status now and has now become a ‘must have’ for many serious art collectors.

The name ‘Banksy’ is all that is needed to open up wallets.

It’s kind of ridiculous that people will hand over tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands and as we have seen, in some cases hand over millions of pounds to own an original piece of art by Banksy when they probably walk past far better street art on a daily basis.

It’s highly likely that many owners of Banksy art would walk past work done by him in public places and not know it had he not signed it with his name.

The piece which sold for £2 million had not been signed but appeared in a video that Banksy had released to social media of the work he had done while doing a tour of that area.

Had he not released the video, people may not have realised that the work was a Banksy. Up to the release of the video, it was just another piece of annoying street art… or as most people would rightly call it… vandalism!

Most people who own pieces of artwork, furniture, photographs or any kind of official celebrity memorabilia, need telling that what they own is what they think it is… otherwise how would they actually know?

They need to be told officially by others in the know that what they have is an original.

Some collectibles come with certificates of authenticity to prove that they are the real thing.

Basically what that means is that people will pay a lot of money to own something which they have been told is real.

It’s kind of ridiculous when you think about it… but it is really good for those who want to make money.

The fact that people will spend money to own something rare or unusual means that people can make good money selling them the items they want to own.

£2 million is a lot of money, it could feed a lot of people, it could erase or ease a lot of problems for a lot or people… yet here is one person who allegedly spent that amount of money to buy a ‘wall’ which had been spray painted.

It’s crazy what people will buy.

What do you actually get for owning a wall with a piece of artwork on it?

Some people buy pieces of art as an investment. They are banking on the fact that what they buy is rare and are going to go up in value.

But as always, that is a bit of a gamble because in a few years time, the love for Banksy may bottom and it’s possible that no one would want to spend over £2 million to buy a wall. If that happens, you have lost money.

Some people buy art and collectibles simply because they want to own a piece of history and to be the one person who owns something specific.

For these people, the collecting of ‘stuff’ is ‘ego’ based and is all about being the one who owns a specific thing.

Whatever the reasons, both types of collectors will spend a lot of money to buy collectible items.

And this is where you can make money… by sourcing collectibles from one person and then selling them onto a person who really wants to own them… for a big fat easy profit.

If you would like to know how to find and buy cheap collectables and memorabilia which you can easily sell for a big profit check out:

Narconomics

Martin Fanshaw, regularly makes profits of thousands of pounds by simply buying an item from one person then selling it to another person for a much higher price than the one he paid.

He doesn’t simply buy an item and then wait for a customer to come along; it’s not your usual business model. He only buys an item when he knows he has someone to sell it too.

The Banksy wall may have only been sold after the shop owner was approached by a collector showing interest.

Martin sits nicely between two people and creams off a large profit for simply organising the transfer of an item from one to the other.

All the items he transfers are easy to handle and can be popped into an envelope or a jiffy bag. No big walls here to take out and deliver! There is very little work to do and yet it can generate huge profits.

Martin once turned a £30,000 profit in just two days… by simply selling items to people who desperately wanted to own them.

Anyway, if you would like to learn how Martin Fanshaw sources collectibles and memorabilia which he sells to people who are desperate to own them while creaming off a nice large profit for doing so, go to:

Narconomics

Kind Regards

John Harrison

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