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| Banksy's Slave Labour mural auctioned in London | Banksy's Slave Labour mural auctioned in London |
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| A Banksy artwork that went missing from a wall in north London is being auctioned for a second time. | |
| The mural Slave Labour was taken from Wood Green in February. It later appeared at a Miami auction, but was withdrawn after protests. | The mural Slave Labour was taken from Wood Green in February. It later appeared at a Miami auction, but was withdrawn after protests. |
| The graffiti art has been offered for sale in London by the Sincura Group. The minimum bid is £900,000. | |
| 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. |
| 'Community deprived' | 'Community deprived' |
| It was being auctioned at the London Film Museum in Covent Garden on Sunday evening, but the final sale price has yet to be announced. | |
| Sincura said the mural had been "sensitively restored" and if the piece did not reach the reserve price it would 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 be sold to a collector in the US. |
| Tony Baxter, director of the Sincura Group, said he could not divulge the owner of the piece but insisted it was being sold legally. | Tony Baxter, director of the Sincura Group, said he could not divulge the owner of the piece but insisted 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, Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, said: "This is admirable, perhaps, but also incredibly optimistic. | But Ms Featherstone, Liberal Democrat 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 Bristol artist's mural was up for auction in Miami, it was expected to fetch up to £450,000. | When the Bristol artist's mural was up for auction in Miami, it was expected to fetch up to £450,000. |
| It was suspected the work had been stolen when it disappeared, but the Metropolitan Police said there were "no reports of any theft". | It was suspected the work had been stolen when it disappeared, but the Metropolitan Police said there were "no reports of any theft". |
| Six identical copies of the mural reportedly appeared in Wood Green on Saturday morning, 36 hours ahead of the auction. | Six identical copies of the mural reportedly appeared in Wood Green on Saturday morning, 36 hours ahead of the auction. |
| According to The Sun, the replicas - painted on polystyrene - were left outside the same Poundland store where the original appeared. | According to The Sun, the replicas - painted on polystyrene - were left outside the same Poundland store where the original appeared. |
| The Metropolitan Police confirmed to the BBC that one of the replicas was later confiscated from a member of the public. | The Metropolitan Police confirmed to the BBC that one of the replicas was later confiscated from a member of the public. |
| If no-one claims the copy, it too will be auctioned. | If no-one claims the copy, it too will be auctioned. |