

There was some controversy as to whether or not the piece was authentic (part of the point of creating it), but even the owners of the shop that got vandalized realized the possible artistic merit of the graffiti sprayed against their wall (another point of creating it).

Last year, a Banksy piece showed up on a wall in Chinatown. But letting graffiti stand on a wall for over a year is clearly saying something. Normally, non-commissioned graffiti (also referred to as “vandalism”) is monitored by the city, and cleaned reasonably swiftly. The clout that Banky’s street art carries in San Francisco is notable. You may have seen the Banksy piece donning a rooftop wall in North Beach at Columbus and Broadway, but if you haven’t, I suspect you’ll still have some time – it’s been there for about a year so far. Silver has shown an even slower increase, on average 1.20% between 20 and an overall decline of 1.42% within the timeframe of 2010-2020."If at first you don't succeed - call an airstrike." (Southeast corner of Columbus & Broadway).

A classic case of low-risk low-return investment, the gold market promises a much slower growth than the stunning rate at which Banksy’s rats jumped to ten times their 2008 prices by 2020. Investment returns on gold have picked up between 20 by 8.26%, but looking at the bigger picture, growth between 20 has progressed at a much slower rate, 2.50%, with some fluctuations between 20. The prices of Banksy’s works, on the other hand has shown a steady increase and will progress to do so due to the artist’s regular output and rapidly growing popularity on the art market. Between 20 it dropped by 6.24% and is continuously fluctuating, influenced by various unpredictable geopolitical factors. Oil might be one of the most conventional modes of investment, however, figures by S&P GSCI between 2010 to 2020 show the average annual return on crude oil dropping by 10.48%.
