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Banksy pranks Sotheby’s with self-destructing art

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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