bring back bansky! >> i think it's a shame, so can we have it back?please. >> reporter: how a piece of london wall gets to miami and goes on sale has people angryeopl and scratching their heads. was it hacked off and stolen and by who? the auction house owner frederic thut, isn't saying. >> we don't want to be involved in the controversy.eat >> reporter: bansky has made news before. his works are famous and controversial, but he remains a phantom. his identity has never been revealed. he's upset people from london to israel, but bansky's work has become collectibles even though he said it shouldn't be sold because it belongs to the people. somehow, though, it ends up on the market. so part of the appeal of bansky is the mystery.e ap his work is famous for appearing out of nowhere overnight. when it also mysteriously disappears, the mystery is only enhanced. mark phillips, cbs news, london >> axelrod: the mural was expected to sell between $500 and $700,000. just a few minutes before the00 auction was set to start this afternoon, it was taken off the b

if you live in london you've probably heard of the graffiti artist bansky.ed to be one right here until someone took not only the graffiti but a huge chunk of wall. it is still visible on google street view, complete with a couple of tourists having their photo taken beside it but if you want to see it in real life you'll have to spend an awful lot of monday. john zarrella in miami takes up the story. >> thanks, dan. here's the connection to miami. on a website, the bansky mural turned up for an auction of street art on february 23rd. i had the chance to talk exclusively with the man who runs the auction house and he told me about how they got the rights to auction the bansky. >> we decided to present a street art auction in miami because we think it's the right place to protect and poe mote street artwork. there's a lot of artists year-round buying this kind of art. we thought it was the right place. we contacted our contacts able to have works of that kind. we offered then some work of art. this work of art comes that way. >> understandably, lots of people

part of the appeal of bansky is the mystery.for appearing out of nowhere overnight. when it almost mysteriously disappears, the mystery is only enhanced. mark phillips, cbs news london gliment mural was expected to sell twr between $500 and $700,000. just a few minutes before the auction was set to start this afternoon it was taken off the block. the auction house offered no explanation why, and the mystery deepens. one final note-- this one, an update on this statue which we reported on earlier this week. it's the original statue of the flag raising on iwo jima done seven years before the much larger one still standing in arlington, virginia. put up last night, the original didn't sell. none of the bids reached the minimum of $1 million. still ahead from kabul to the red caerpt two afghan boys journey to the academy awards. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd ma