Just How Powerful Is Paris Hilton?
Let me quote BoingBoing to get the event itself out of the way:
"UK graffiti virtuoso Banksy has smuggled 500 doctored versions of Paris Hilton's new CD into stores across the country. The CD contain Banksy's remixes and have titles like "Why am I Famous?," "What Have I Done?" and "What Am I For?"
Banksy has long been a favorite of mine, and this is yet another awesome work by the sneakiest artist in the world.
Here's the problem: this morning, I heart about the stunt, and I went on eBay just to see if any of the discs were on sale yet, and they were. In fact, one of them had sold via BuyItNow for 350 Pounds, and the 3-5 additional copies were pushing the 500 Pound mark, with no end in sight (There were also about 50 listings from one guy who was selling burned copies.).
All those auctions are gone now.
Correct me if I'm wrong: The music on the CD wasn't a bootleg, but rather original tracks by Banksy (or one of his cohorts). This is in fact a piece of original art. Why the hell are these items missing? I have never seen another Banksy auction cancelled on eBay, so what's the story? Just how powerful are Paris and her people?
As of right now, there's one auction active. Let's see how long it lasts.
