Prankster artist gets the last laugh after one of his paintings sells for 1.5 million

[20_yrs_2_go]

After the gavel fell Friday at Sotheby's auction house in London, Banksy's Girl with Balloon was reduced to shreds -- another apparent act in the disruptive career of the anonymous British graffiti artist.
The iconic image of a girl reaching out for a red, heart-shaped balloon, sold for $1.4 million and moments later, a shredder hidden inside the "artist's frame" started its work, according to a news release from Sotheby's and the art "self-destructed."

https://www.cnn.com/style/amp/banks...ucts-auction-trnd/index.html#amp_tf=From %1$s

 

[pro1driver]

After the gavel fell Friday at Sotheby's auction house in London, Banksy's Girl with Balloon was reduced to shreds -- another apparent act in the disruptive career of the anonymous British graffiti artist.
The iconic image of a girl reaching out for a red, heart-shaped balloon, sold for $1.4 million and moments later, a shredder hidden inside the "artist's frame" started its work, according to a news release from Sotheby's and the art "self-destructed."

https://www.cnn.com/style/amp/banksy-painting-self-destructs-auction-trnd/index.html#amp_tf=From %1$s

i wonder if the bidder negated the sale..????

or the auction house...???

 

[20_yrs_2_go]

i wonder if the bidder negated the sale..????

or the auction house...???

I believe the funds are electronic and the seller doesn't have to be in the same country as the auction.
I'm going with shreading before he was paid

 

[Double Nickle]

Im going with, how stupid was the artist to blow that kind of money?