Some of the decorated shed doors being sold by the Norfolk Antique and Reclamation Centre

THEY provided a background for countless “selfies” taken by tourists visiting Camden Lock, a rough and ready gallery of street art painted onto the sheds which once lined the market closest to the canal.

Now the spray-can artwork which decorated the Hawley Wharf site before the bulldozers moved in, can be yours… for £800 a time.

The painted shed doors have been put up for sale by a company which reclaimed the graffiti ahead of the ongoing revamp of the land, which will see new shops, work studios and market stands built next to the towpath.

The Norfolk Antique and Reclamation Centre told the New Journal it had worked with the demolition team brought in by developers Market Tech to save the wooden doors. The decorated sheds had provided temporary stands for traders following the Camden Market Fire in 2008. The lots up for sale include work by Irony, Airborne Mark and AKXV, favourites of street art aficionados.

Daniel Dawson Gordon, from the company, said: “At first they were going to trash the lot, but we saw them and carried them away. We had more than 50 of them. We have sold a lot already – they are unique and have proven very popular.”

Mr Dawson Gordon’s firm specialises in salvaging and re-using historic architectural features ranging from bricks, roofing, iron girders, wooden flooring, fireplaces and furniture. They kit-out everything from private homes to trendy east London bars.

He said: “We work with demolition teams and when things like this come up, we get the first call. A lot of the things on the Camden site were not reclaimable, but we got some very nice pieces signed by the artist who did them.”

The artists were given first refusal on claiming the street art back, Mr Dawson Gordon said.

One of images – a picture of singer David Bowie was particularly sought after – and Mr Dawson Gordon told the New Journal that they were sold at a basic price which would increase in time.

He added: “Who knows what their real value is? It is an investment. They are a real nest egg.”

The firm also removed around 75 Vespa scooters, which had been used for people to sit on while they dined on the huge range of fast food available at the old Hawley market.

“Many of these have now gone to new homes,” Mr Dawson Gordon said. “We cleaned them up – some had Chinese food spilt down them – and they too are a well-known image from the market.”