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Banksy artwork self-destructs moment after $1.4 million sale

<p>By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) - Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist apparently self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million). The spray-painted canvas &quot;Girl With Balloon&quot; went under the hammer at Sotheby's in London, fetching more than three times its pre-sale estimate and equaling a record price for the artist. Then, as an alarm sounded, ...</p>

News 12 Staff

Oct 6, 2018, 12:01 PM

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