Playing with a box that was once full of apple pies that was once on sale in the local supermarket at a price of £1.75 and then reduced to a rather satisfying 43p. The pies were of course eaten, the box was painted on and the piece was made available, as advertised on the sticker on the front, at the reduced price of 43p before the sell by date passes. The sell by date was 6pm on Saturday 5th September which is when this year’s Art Car Boot Fair ended over in Kings Cross last Saturday (yesterday). That’s right, you could have bought this piece of art, this original painting, directly from me at a reduced price of 43p at last Saturday’s Art Car Boot Fair. The Fair happened in Kings Cross, London from Midday, it waa, as always, one of the best art days of the year. Cash only though, if you wanted to use a damn card this one then the price was £43. It did of course sell very quickly.

Now I wonder what the supermarket will offer in the coming days, will anything else be priced 43p?     

STOP PRESS: The Art Car Boot Fair happened, the Pie box sold quickly, then the Fair went on line for a couple of weeks, and another box was painted…

“Reduced Price Sicilian Lemon Tarts” – acrylic, ink on cardboard box, 18×9.5x5cm (Sept 2026)

The Tarts have been eaten of course, but the box could be yours at a reduced price of just £2.62. The tarts were eaten last night, the box was painted on this morning and this piece of artwork, originally £3.75, can now be yours at the reduced price of £2.62 while the 2026 online version of the Art Car Boot Fair is still a thing.

This follows on from the Reduced Priced 43p Apple Pie box that was sold at this year’s real life fair….

This year’s Art Car Boot Fair closes on September 27th, this piece has just been added. There might be one or two more added before the door closes and the sell by date passes….