Banksys Shredded Painting Sells for Record 25. 4 Million

Shredding this Banksy painting couldn t devalue it. In fact, it just fetched the artist s highest selling price yet: 25. 4 million. Back in 2018, Banksy s Girl with Balloon was shredded during a live auction at Sotheby s just after the gavel came down selling it for 1. 4 million. It was a stunt years in the making as the anonymous artist built a shredder into the frame and waited for the perfect time to activate it. Inside Edition Digital s Mara Montalbano has more.