A t-shirt signed by Banksy and given to one of the Colston 4 has sold at auction for £12,000.
The shirt was one of four special ones given to the four defendants who were cleared of criminal damage for their part in toppling the statue of the Bristol slave trader in June 2020. Elusive street artist Banksy made a couple of thousand t-shirts and sold them at four independent stores in Bristol last December to raise money for the Colston 4 just before their trial.
And after they were found not guilty, Banksy gave each defendant a different version of the t-shirt, with the colours of the image reversed, and signed them. One of the Colston 4 - the auctioneer won’t say which one - put the t-shirt up for sale at the East Bristol Auction House in Hanham.
