Three years on, shredded Banksy artwork returns to auction
The Peninsula
LONDON: Three years after shredding itself the moment it sold at auction, a painting of a young girl holding a red heart-shaped balloon by elusive British artist Banksy is going back under the hammer next month with a price tag of up to $8 million.
Onlookers gasped after the bottom half of the then titled "Girl with Balloon" was sucked into a shredder hidden in its frame as the hammer fell following a bid of 1,042,000 pounds at an October 2018 auction at Sotheby's in London. The buyer proceeded with the purchase and the artwork, since authenticated as a work in itself and renamed "Love is in the Bin", is being offered for sale with a price estimate of 4 million - 6 million pounds ($5.54 million - $8.31 million).More Related News