One of the star attractions at Sotheby슬롯사이트™s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in London on Friday was anonymous British street artist Banksy슬롯사이트™s 슬롯사이트˜Girl with Red Balloon슬롯사이트™. The iconic image of a girl reaching out for a red heart-shaped balloon sold for 1.4 million dollars and moments later, a shredder hidden inside the artist슬롯사이트™s frame started its work and the art 슬롯사이트˜self-destructed슬롯사이트™, according to a news release from Sotheby슬롯사이트™s.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Amedeo Modigliani슬롯사이트™s Nude Painting 슬롯사이트œNu couché (sur le côté gauche)슬롯사이트 Raises More Than $157 Million at Sotheby슬롯사이트™s Auction.

On Saturday, a video posted on Banksy슬롯사이트™s Instagram account showed the secret shredder being built into the frame. The clip starts with a caption, saying: 슬롯사이트œA few years ago, I secretly built a shredder into a painting.슬롯사이트 The video then shows someone installing the device before another caption, saying: 슬롯사이트œin case it was ever put up for auction.슬롯사이트 The video then shows the moment the painting shredded itself at the auction house on Friday, captured on a mobile phone.

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슬롯사이트œIt appears we just got Banksy-ed,슬롯사이트 said Alex Branczik, Sotheby슬롯사이트™s senior director and head of contemporary art in Europe. Earlier, Banksy posted a picture of the moment it happened on his Instagram with the words: 슬롯사이트œGoing, going, gone슬롯사이트¦슬롯사이트

 

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Banksy rose to prominence through a series of graffiti piece across the country. His identity has remained a secret despite much speculation over the years. In 2017, Girl with Balloon originally appeared on a wall in Great Eastern Street, London and was voted the nation슬롯사이트™s favourite artwork. Although there슬롯사이트™s no word on how the shredder started operating after the auction, though it could have been activated by a remote mechanism.

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