Artwork self-destructs after auction

LONDON (AP) – A Banksy artwork has self-destructed moments after being sold at auction for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million), in a prank apparently orchestrated by the elusive street artist.
The spray-painted canvas “Girl With Balloon” went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London on Friday night, equaling a record price for the artist. Then, as an alarm sounded, it ran through a shredder embedded in the frame, emerging out the bottom in strips.
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