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

Girl With Balloon, a well-known Banksy artwork, is the final item in an auction at Sotheby’s in London. Shortly after selling for £1.04m, the canvas passes through a shredder installed in the bottom of the frame

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[MrTigerlore]

Banksy destroys an art piece to screw over the rich; but the rich love it. Now the art piece will make them even richer.

[frankburns]

'The price of everything and the value of nothing...'

[ab-zgpt]

When you got so much cash you don't know what to do with it

[Illuminatd]

*Try explaining this to an alien visitor.*

[tesstickle]

Art can be so pretentious but I quite like what banksy did here - that stunt may even have increased its value! 👍

[nathanwhite]

And I thought I was stupid for wasting money on no mans sky

[_primeday]

The whole point of this is “there are children in the world starving to death and you just spent a million on a picture. This is what you get.” 😂

[robinstevens]

Moriarty is BACK...
Send somebody to 221B Bakerstreet please...
Ask for Holmes..
THE GAME IS AFOOT...

[kayleekat]

The creator is ingenious. They publicly had their piece destroyed as it was sold in the name of art. This has never happened before, at least to my knowledge. Now their art work will be valued at a higher rate then it was previously. This is why I love the art world. I know people are pointing out how silly the whole scenario is, but I can’t help but have respect for this.

[equalitypeace]

Who would of thought shredding can increase the value of something.

[awesomeavenger]

What didn't self destruct was the millions in Banksy's bank account.

[Kck]

Ah i was thinking it was completely trashed and destroyed. would have been better that way as to mock rich people

[wolfneck]

Just a thought...Could there be two paintings, one that rolls up, and a pre-shredded one that comes out the bottom? Do the lengths match up...and the color?

[juanpaulo]

the money is not enough to buy a work by amazing artist, Saludos desde México bansky comme to my country man.

[fibsus]

❤️....that’s what I calling f***ing Great ART !!!!

[calebschmidt]

Why is there a shredder on the frame??

[v.z.]

well done. Doubled or tripled the value of his art with one button push of shredder. Genius!

[Boxkicker]

Did anyone ever consider there is a second print inside the frame that dropped down through the shredder and the other print simply rolled up at the bottom.

[tobytowbs]

Act 2:
When the picture was shredded? It didn't become worthless, like everyone immediately assumed!?
On the contrary, it significantly increased its value!
The act, may even make it a priceless piece?!
Nice.

[fox]

Love the fact artist did this to prevent anyone to use his or her art