Banksy artwork self-destructs after selling at auction for £1m – video

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Shortly after selling for £1.04m, Girl With Balloon passes through a shredder installed in the bottom of the frame

 

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banksy sotherbys dailymailUK Banksy had enough of the high ladder spray & stencil / slavishly copying French street artist bleklerat 's style ? Conceptual high jinx the next 'big leap' for 6ft 4' Gunningham?

Could banksy or his team have been at the auction.

I luv this! Banksy

Ahh that’s amazing!!

A could be a copy, certainly artist could have done that. It came in a frame with a shredder inside

Why are people just accepting this like someone just told them it's raining or something. This is an obvious stunt to mock us. Oh look we are so wealthy we can not only buy art we can destroy it soon as we paid for it. This is a disgusting thing that happened.

£115k is good money for a signed authenticated print! Anyone want to buy a Weston Super Mare? Sothebys SothebysAUST originaIbanksy

What a card he is!

I think that would have just added to the value.

The buyer should not have chosen to accept it.

Would have been cooler if it didn’t get stuck half way through

Worth even more now

Now it’s worth 2 million

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