Name: BANKSY's - Girl With Balloon Shredded at Auction
Uploaded: 2020-07-29T08:09:16.000Z
Duration: 3 min 37 s
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Banksy's canvas go with balloon or balloon girl

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had just been completed being auctioned off at Sotheby's London

for 1 million 40,000 pounds or 1 million three hundred and seventy thousand US dollars

Just as the auctioneer pounded his gavel and said sold the painting started making a beeping noise to attract people's attention

And the painting then started sliding down out of the frame and through a shredder which was built into the frame

the next day Banksy uploaded a video onto his Instagram page

Explaining that he'd built this special frame and shredder into the frame years in advance in case anyone ever tried to auction it off

Now this information is well known at this stage and has been covered by many people with pretty much those exact facts

But new information has come to light recently

New videos have been uploaded onto Banksy's youtube channel showing more images and footage of the shredder being made

And In a bit of footage in another video, it shows a close-up of a guy activating the shredder with a car alarm remote looking device

There was also a reaction video filmed at the option of the canvas being shredded by either Banksy or someone on his behalf

Which was awesome uploaded to his YouTube channel

Now this is one of the most important pieces of information that has not really been covered

The shredder did not function correctly in a rehearsal video Banksy filmed

He shows the shredder working correctly and shredding the whole image

But on the day of the option get failed at around the halfway mark

Which was not intentional experts now say that stunts may have actually doubled the value of the girl with balloon

Because of the huge interest it generated

The website mayor brokered calm which resells Banksy artwork

Said girl with balloon had enjoyed annual increases in value of about 20 percent in recent years

This stunt by Banksy and the auction result will only propel the price higher and given the media attention

This stunt has received the lucky buyer would see a great return on the 1 million 40,000 pounds they paid

even in its half shredded state bill would balloon is now part about history and they estimate Banksy has added a

Minimum of 50% to its failure and it's even possible. It's now worth 2 million pounds or more

Banksy's go with a balloon is one of his most

recognizable works with a simple image of a little girl in a heart-shaped balloon in a short faded

Statement saying there is always hope the original artwork was painted in

2004 on the Waterloo Bridge in South Bank London, which has since been removed

But I gotta say the way he has developed this mystery of who he is gets me interested in his art

Anyway, that's the end of this video. Thanks for watching and we'll see you next time