Banksy’s part-shredded artwork sells for £18.6m in record for artist

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The partially shredded Love Is In The Bin Banksy painting has sold for £18,582,000 at auction.

The painting, originally titled Girl With Balloon, hit headlines in 2018 when it partially self-destructed at the conclusion of an auction in which it had been sold for £1.1 million.

The canvas passed through a secret shredder hidden inside the large frame, leaving the bottom half in tatters and only a solitary red balloon left on a white background in the frame.

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