Arts and entertainment
October 8, 2018
Banksy's "Girl with Balloon" self-destructed after selling for $1.4 million. Image credit: Sotheby's
By Staff reports
After auction house Sotheby’s sold a work by street artist Banksy for $1.4 million, the contemporary art sale turned into a spectacle as a hidden trick was revealed.
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