''Pulp Fiction'' is a type of work by stencil graffiti artist Banksy. Instances of it depict the characters played by

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and

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in the 1994 film '' Pulp Fiction'', with their guns replaced by bananas. A stencil graffiti work existed on a wall near the

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in the

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from 2002 to 2007. Prints of the image on its original site have been sold for £1,000. A print of the ''Pulp Fiction'' stencil was sold for £10,600 in 2012. On 24 November 2020 a signed print has fetched £125,000 at Tate Ward Auctions' ''"By Collectors for Collectors"'' event.

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