It was painted by one of the world’s most famous street artists, installed at a mud-soaked music festival and then sat beneath an oak tree, where it was home to an itinerant British couple and their growing family.
In 1998, the truck owner knew Banksy as someone he had once busked with and a friend of a friend, and for £200 (Dh1,123), he agreed to turn his trailer into a blank canvas for the Glastonbury music festival.
The work called Silent Majority, which depicts a commando raid to install sound gear for a rave, goes up for auction Monday in Paris. The Digard auction house hopes it will fetch at least $400,000 (Dh1.5 million).
The piece has a rare certificate of authenticity, allowing its buyer to own it legally.
