The painting sold to a private buyer at auction in London the day after it was confirmed Vettriano had died aged 73.

After the death of Jack Vettriano, the painter who inspired the original, Blink-182 frontman Mark Hoppus has sold his Banksy painting for £4.3 million (€5.2 million) at a London auction.

A rare Banksy painting which reimagines Jack Vettriano's famous 'The Singing Butler' sold for nearly $5.5 million at an ...

London: A rare painting by street artist Banksy which reimagines Jack Vettriano's famous ... in evening dress dancing on a windswept beach accompanied by a butler and a maid holding umbrellas. It set ...

A painting by street artist Banksy which reimagines Jack Vettriano's 'The Singing Butler' is expected to sell for R11.8m at a ...

A rare painting by street artist Banksy which reimagines Jack ... dancing on a windswept beach accompanied by a butler and a maid holding umbrellas. It set a Scottish record when it was sold ...

Banksy, the mysterious British street artist, painted the piece in 2005 ... A butler holds an umbrella over their heads, while a maid stands in the background holding her hat and another umbrella.

Hoppus acquired the rare and entirely hand-painted piece by the British artist and activist back ... accompanied by their butler and maid, but, in true Banksy form, two figures in yellow hazmat ...

A Banksy reimagining ... the Fife-born artist's best known work, The Singing Butler, which features a couple dancing on a storm-swept beach accompanied by their butler and maid, but with two ...