
Sale Ends
Publisher: Modern Multiples, Pictures on Walls
Sale Ends (LA Edition) portrays a group of four cloaked individuals starkly outlined in Banksy’s signature black-and-white stenciled style on a white background. The individuals are in various states of praying and worshipping the sign and are dressed in clothing reminiscent of the lamenting figures typically seen at the base of the crucifixion in Renaissance paintings. The bold red sign reading “SALE ENDS TODAY” evokes typical shop signs designed to catch attention and encourage people to purchase products they would not necessarily need, in an obvious critique of our materialistic society. Through this work, Banksy points at the near-religious fervor with which contemporary society regards consumerism. The image can be interpreted as an ironic statement on the glorified, hegemonic status of capitalism and the market, commenting on the nearly religious nature of sales and of consumer goods worshipped by the masses.


Auction Results
Sale Ends (LA Edition) only sold once at auction in 2023, at Christie’s online on 14 March 2023, for GBP 16,380 (USD 20,147). It sold twice at auction in 2022 and twice in 2021.
Christies’ online: 14 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 10,000 – 15,000
GBP 16,380 / USD 20,147

BANKSY
Sale Ends (LA Edition), 2006
Screenprint in colors on Arches wove paper
Numbered 76/500 in pencil, lower right
Sotheby’s online, 26 April 2022
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 22,680 / USD 28,577

Sale Ends (LA Edition), 2006
Screenprint in colors on Arches wove paper
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 25,000
USD 37,500

Sale Ends (LA Edition), 2006
Screenprint in colors on Arches wove paper