via DiscogsArt & PhotographyNewsA Banksy-designed Röyksopp vinyl cover has sold for a record priceNo pun intended (honest)ShareLink copied ✔️November 10, 2019Art & PhotographyNewsTextThom Waite Banksy’s prices only seem to be going in one direction: up. In the last couple of years, the work of the infamous graffiti-turned-blue-chip-artist has broken £1 million at auction multiple times, topping his previous records. In October 2018 for example, his “Girl With Balloon” went for £1.04 million (and was subsequently half-destroyed by a concealed shredder, which ironically is likely to raise its price even higher). A year later, his painting “Devolved Parliament” smashed estimates, selling for almost £10 million. The newest record Banksy’s broken, though, is vinyl. More specifically, he’s been instrumental in the highest-priced sale ever seen on Discogs, every music collector’s go-to site. The record in question is Melody A.M. by the Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp, and it went for a cool $10,256 (over £8000). The cover shows the duo’s name in a pretty standard, green, stencilled font. Below it is a green design that looks something like pixellated treetops. Presumably the main draw of the cover, though, is that it’s one of only 100 hand-painted by Banksy himself, back in 2002. Granted, it might not be as iconic as the stab vest Banksy designed for Stormzy’s Glastonbury performance, but it is probably a bit cheaper. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREPortraits of sex workers just before a ‘charged encounter’Captivating photos of queer glamour in 70s New YorkThis erotic photobook archives a decade of queer intimacyGuen Fiore’s tender portraits of girls in the flux of adolescenceCowboys! Eagles! Death! Georg Baselitz’s prints tell a shocking life storyMarina Abramović: ‘Everything new is always criticised’In pictures: Intimate encounters with strangers in US suburbiaThe dA-Zed guide to David WojnarowiczEnemy of the Sun confronts a Palestinian landscape under threatThis vibrant new show captures the dynamism of the male form Ray-Ban MetaWin pre-launch tickets to Paradigm Shift at 180 Studios This exhibition captures the hope and horror of life in Gaza