Banksy's identity eBayed

Yours, for $25,000 or best offer, is the identity of Banksy, street artist. Allegedly!

• [adonai]

  I heard that if you won you’d just be sent a bobcat, so no harm done.

• [Anonymous]

  Good night, Westley. Sleep well. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.

• [Brainspore]

  The Onion already got that scoop last June.

• [Anonymous]

  You’re so vain… I bet you think this eBay auction is about you… don’t you…

• [Anonymous]

  FTL: “Art > Direct from the Artist > Other”

  Either jaybuysthings is Banksy, or that listing is in the wrong category. I’m not sure which is more likely.

• [Nadreck]

  This sounds like that old (MacPaint rendered) comic “Shatter” where every one is a “Temp”: as in you are only temporarily you until you win an auction on a new identity.

• [Anonymous]

  Seller has 100% positive feedback. IT’S LEGIT!

• [Anonymous]

  “This listing (260719875075) has been removed, or this item is not available.”

  Well, that didn’t last long. Anyone screencap it?

• [Anonymous]

  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260720844294&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_1053

• [Anonymous]

  seems the listing was removed

• [franko]

  since it’s rumored that there’s more than one banksy, that would be quite a trick.

• [DigsRetro]

  It’s been removed, I don’t think ebay allows the selling of someone’s identity. So that’s that.

• [CharlesSpongeworth]

  I thought Banksy’s identity had already been confirmed as Robin Gunningham from Bristol.

  The Daily Mail found out everything about him (or said that they had):
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1034538/Graffiti-artist-Banksy-unmasked—public-schoolboy-middle-class-suburbia.html

  None of the other press ever mention this, because I think having a mystery man makes him seem more interesting.