Mark Hoppus has owned the Banksy painting since 2011, but says he now wants to sell it to buy works by up-and-coming artists and also to donate to good causes - including a charity supporting victims of the recent LA fires.

A Banksy painting owned by Blink-182 star Mark Hoppus is to go to auction where it is estimated to fetch between £3 million (€3.6 million) and £5 million (€6.02 million). Named Crude Oil (Vettriano), the painting has hung in the 52-year-old bass player’s homes in London and Los Angeles after he acquired it with his wife Skye Everly in 2011.

We were lucky enough to find ‘Crude Oil (Vettriano)’ in our lives, and it’ll help us support more art and artists. I want to be a fucking Medici.”