Banksy
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Banksy

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Banksy
A limited edition CD, sleeve and case Paris Hilton, 2006, customised by graffiti artist Banksy, with label Paris Hilton Debut album featuring, "Why Am I Famous?", "What Am I For?"
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Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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In 2006 after the release of Paris Hilton's debut album, Paris, the "guerrilla artist" known only as Banksy planted 500 copies of his own version of the album in 48 record shops across the U.K. Replacing the originals with his altered CD and case intact with correct barcode so that Hilton fans purchased his copy unaware. Banksy altered the inner sleeve with images of the socialite set against a back drop of the homeless sleeping on the streets of LA, or with her head superimposed on the body of a mannequin. Each page carried an insubordinate comment such as Every CD you buy puts me even further out of your league and Thou shalt not worship false icons. He altered the front cover depicting Hilton with a bare chest and inside the CD case replaced Hilton's head with that of a dog's. The CD, which features one track lasting for forty minutes, was mixed by Banksy and Danger Mouse and cuts in Hilton's well used catch phrase that's hot. An HMV spokesman said It might be that there will be some people who agree with his [Banksy's] views on the Paris Hilton album. No copies were ever returned to any of the stores for a replacement.

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