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Banksy's Slave Labour mural to be auctioned in London Banksy's Slave Labour mural to be auctioned in London
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A Banksy artwork that went missing from a wall in north London and was then withdrawn from an auction in the US is up for sale again later.A Banksy artwork that went missing from a wall in north London and was then withdrawn from an auction in the US is up for sale again later.
The mural, called Slave Labour, disappeared from Wood Green in February and appeared in a Miami auction.The mural, called Slave Labour, disappeared from Wood Green in February and appeared in a Miami auction.
It was removed from the lot after protests but it is now being offered for sale by the Sincura Group.It was removed from the lot after protests but it is now being offered for sale by the Sincura Group.
MP Lynne Featherstone has urged the owners of the mural to give it back to the residents of north London.MP Lynne Featherstone has urged the owners of the mural to give it back to the residents of north London.
The mural, which depicts a boy hunched over a sewing machine making Union Jack bunting, appeared on the side of a Poundland store in May 2012, just before the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.The mural, which depicts a boy hunched over a sewing machine making Union Jack bunting, appeared on the side of a Poundland store in May 2012, just before the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
'Enhanced an area''Enhanced an area'
Sincura said the mural had been "sensitively restored" and if the piece did not reach the reserve price it would then be sold to a collector in the US.Sincura said the mural had been "sensitively restored" and if the piece did not reach the reserve price it would then be sold to a collector in the US.
Tony Baxter, director of the Sincura Group, said he could not divulge who the owner of the piece was but that it was being sold legally.Tony Baxter, director of the Sincura Group, said he could not divulge who the owner of the piece was but that it was being sold legally.
He said there was a chance the work would leave the UK unless an "angel" bought it and put it in a museum.He said there was a chance the work would leave the UK unless an "angel" bought it and put it in a museum.
But Ms Featherstone, Lib Dem MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, said: "This is admirable, perhaps, but also incredibly optimistic.But Ms Featherstone, Lib Dem MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, said: "This is admirable, perhaps, but also incredibly optimistic.
"So now I make this direct plea to the owners of the Banksy piece: You have this one last chance to do the right thing."So now I make this direct plea to the owners of the Banksy piece: You have this one last chance to do the right thing.
"You have deprived a community of an asset that was given to us for free and greatly enhanced an area that needed it."You have deprived a community of an asset that was given to us for free and greatly enhanced an area that needed it.
"I call on you, and your consciences, to pull the piece from both potential sales and return it to its rightful place.""I call on you, and your consciences, to pull the piece from both potential sales and return it to its rightful place."
When the mural was up for auction in Miami, it was expected to fetch up to £450,000. When the Bristol artists's mural was up for auction in Miami, it was expected to fetch up to £450,000.
There was suspicion it had been stolen when it disappeared but the Metropolitan Police said there were "no reports of any theft".There was suspicion it had been stolen when it disappeared but the Metropolitan Police said there were "no reports of any theft".
Slave Labour will go on sale at the London Film Museum in Covent Garden on Sunday evening.Slave Labour will go on sale at the London Film Museum in Covent Garden on Sunday evening.