Sotheby’s auction house said Tuesday that “Crude Oil (Vettriano)” is being sold in London next month from the collection of Mark Hoppus, bassist with California skate-punk band Blink-182, who sees Banksy as a kindred spirit.

With an estimated value between £3-5million, blink-182’s Mark Hoppus is parting ways with his beloved Crude Oil (Vettriano) painting by Banksy.

Punk rock meets fine art as Blink-182 bassist auctions off prized Banksy painting with proceeds benefiting multiple charities.

Blink-182's Mark Hoppus will auction a Banksy painting, valued at up to £5 million, or $6.3 million, with a portion of the earnings directed toward a Los Angeles wildfire fund and medical charities. The rare,

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.”

Banksy chose to subvert Scottish painter Jack Vettriano’s romantic narrative by incorporating themes of pollution, capitalism and the climate crisis

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.

Crude Oil (Vettriano)' is being sold in London next month from the collection of Mark Hoppus of Blink-182, who sees Banksy as a kindred spirit.

Banksy's "Crude Oil (Vettriano)," valued at $6 million, hits Sotheby's auction block March 4. Some proceeds will go to Los Angeles wildfire victims.