A Banksy Piece Was Shredded At Auction In 2018. Now, It May Sell For Millions More
After selling for $1.4 million three years ago, the half-destroyed piece is going back up for sale with big expectations.
Would you pay millions of dollars for a partly-destroyed work of art? What if it were a Banksy piece?
It was an iconic Banksy moment. In 2018, the "Girl With Balloon" the moment the deal was done. The piece unexpectedly lowered itself through a shredder that had been built into the bottom of the frame unbeknownst to anyone involved in the sale, according to Sotheby's. The bottom half of the painting was cut into strips in what Sotheby's has referred to as a moment of "instant art world history."
