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shredding this banksy painting couldn't
devalue it in fact it just fetched the
artist's highest selling price yet
25.4 million dollars back in 2018
banksy's girl with balloon was shredded
during a live auction at sotheby's just
after the gavel came down selling it for
1.4 million dollars
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it was a stunt years in the making as
the anonymous artist built a shredder
into the frame and waited for the
perfect time to activate it after that
the painting was renamed love is in the
bin and it was sent on a world tour so
banksy fans could get a glimpse at it
for themselves
when sotheby's announced it was hitting
the auction block again this year they
estimated it would sell for up to 8.3
million dollars it ended up going for
three times that amount when will the
art world learn never underestimate
banksy
for inside edition digital i'm mara
montelbano
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