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Saving Banksy

Thanks, Stephan." The rat wasn't for sale.He wanted to buy it

Thanks, Stephan." The rat wasn't for sale.
He wanted to buy it

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Thanks, Stephan."
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The rat wasn't for sale. He wanted to buy it.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:57:39
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Internationally known graffiti artist, Banksy, left his mark on San Francisco in April 2010. Little did he know that this act of vandalism would spark a chain of events that includes one of his rats being removed from a wall, Muse...
Two weeks later, there was an offer of half a million dollars on the table. - Saving Banksy 00:07
Two weeks later, there was an offer of half a million dollar...
He had called me and offered me $500,000 for my Banksy. - Saving Banksy 00:08
He had called me and offered me $500,000 for my Banksy.
He seems okay with my decision at this point, - Saving Banksy 00:06
He seems okay with my decision at this point,
So, this email came the very next day from Stephan Keszler. It says... - Saving Banksy 00:06
So, this email came the very next day from Stephan Keszler. ...
"Stephan." - Saving Banksy 00:07
"Stephan."
Half a million dollars is a substantial amount of money by any body's standards. - Saving Banksy 00:06
Half a million dollars is a substantial amount of money by a...
You know, to say no to that, well, obviously this dude's - Saving Banksy 00:13
You know, to say no to that, well, obviously this dude'...
Yeah, you know, this is the irony of, you know, Banksy street art, - Saving Banksy 00:09
Yeah, you know, this is the irony of, you know, Banksy stree...
Here's this guy that has a Banksy piece and he wants to give it to a museum, - Saving Banksy 00:12
Here's this guy that has a Banksy piece and he wants to...
You know, it's-- it's the beauty of street art. - Saving Banksy 00:06
You know, it's-- it's the beauty of street art.
Art dealers continue to remove and sell Banksy's public paintings. - Saving Banksy 00:07
Art dealers continue to remove and sell Banksy's public...
Banksy doesn't see a single penny from the sale of these works. - Saving Banksy 00:07
Banksy doesn't see a single penny from the sale of thes...
There's-- yeah, insane value in the stuff that he paints. - Saving Banksy 00:07
There's-- yeah, insane value in the stuff that he paint...
The Haight Street rat was eventually sent to Southern California - Saving Banksy 00:08
The Haight Street rat was eventually sent to Southern Califo...
One of the things I want to do is protect the edges - Saving Banksy 00:07
One of the things I want to do is protect the edges
With preservation, the total cost of saving the rat? - Saving Banksy 00:06
With preservation, the total cost of saving the rat?
So, it's back in San Francisco, and I'm really happy with the restoration. - Saving Banksy 00:06
So, it's back in San Francisco, and I'm really hap...
It looks a lot better than it did in Miami, - Saving Banksy 00:15
It looks a lot better than it did in Miami,
The restoration became front-page news - Saving Banksy 00:07
The restoration became front-page news
The publicity generated a new wave of offers from private collectors, - Saving Banksy 00:11
The publicity generated a new wave of offers from private co...