Banksy sold for over $1.4 mil. and is shredded at auction house

[packman]

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Story:


https://www.cnn.com/style/article/banksy-painting-self-destructs-auction-trnd/index.html

[lame54]

1. It just doubled it's value

[unblock]

2. Genius!

Mrs. unblock and I laughed our butts off when we saw this

[Leghorn21]

3. This is so massively COOL!!! He apparently made the painting in 2006 and had to wait 12 years

to execute this caper!!

FANTASTIC!!!

[IronLionZion]

4. Banksy is briliant!

I respect the patience and planning that went into this. And of course I would never try to buy any Banksy art even if I could afford it because of stuff like this. Damn, that was amazing.

[miyazaki]

5. I guess they didn't have an explanation for the frame size and weight?

the fuq?

[SergeStorms]

6. Perfect.

You have to hand it to Banksy. It's his art, and some rich asshole isn't going to stash it away in his home where only a few ever see it. Banksy certainly had the last laugh here!

[BigmanPigman]

7. I just posted this in the Artists forum...then saw it here...unbelievable!

Hooray for art...and performance art! Too fucking cool!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/arts/design/uk-banksy-painting-sothebys.html

[LakeSuperiorView]

8. What kind of batteries last for 12 years? I've got to be a bit skeptical on this.

What triggered it? It certainly wasn't removing it from the wall, because it probably hasn't been sitting on an auction house wall for 12 years.