Banksy t-shirts in aid of the Colston 4 have officially SOLD OUT

Less than seven hours after they went on sale today (Saturday, December 11), the Banksy Colston 4 t-shirts have completely sold out.

They went on sale shortly after 9am this morning exclusively in five independent stores, with the name of the stores only announced on the Ujima Radio breakfast show.

Thousands across Bristol queued at the stores to bag one of the limited edition shirts, but with them now sold out, many will be left disappointed.

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The shirts went on sale in aid of the Colston 4, a group due to go on trial next week in the wake of the toppling of the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston amid Black Lives Matter protests in June 2020.

Customers in Rough Trade in Bristol, with a T-shirt designed by street artist Banksy (Jacob King/PA Wire)

The elusive Bristol artist, Banksy, announced the sale of the shirts last night via Instagram, saying: "Next week the four people charged with pulling down Colston’s statue in Bristol are going on trial. I’ve made some souvenir shirts to mark the occasion.

"Available from various outlets in the city from tomorrow (all proceeds to the defendants so they can go for a pint)."

The shirts went on sale for £25 plus VAT for children and £30 plus VAT for adults, and were sold exclusively at the following shops:

• Frontline Video in St Paul's
• Hakuna Matata on Stapleton Road in Easton
• That Thing on Stokes Croft
• Friendly Records in Bedminster
• Rough Trade Records

The Heapy family waited in the car at the bottom of the M32 to be ready to go when the locations were announced (Bristol Post)

Shortly after the shirts went on sale, listings appeared on eBay for them, ranging in cost from £1,000 up to a whopping £9,000.

Banksy himself has not made any public comment since last night when he announced that the shirts would go on sale, although Bristol Live has reached out since some shirts appeared on eBay.

The t-shirts are being sold to support four people facing trial accused of criminal damage in relation to the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston (Jacob King/PA Wire)

Rhian Graham, 29, Jake Skuse, 36, and Sage Willoughby, 21, all from Bristol, and Milo Ponsford, 25, from Bishopstoke, Hampshire – are accused of damaging the statue and plinth, a council monument, “with each other and others unknown without lawful excuse”.

All four defendants have pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal damage, with their trial due to get underway this week.

Bristol Live will bring you live updates from the courtroom as the trial unfolds.

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