Banksy pranks art market with self destructing picture at Sotheby’s auction

Street artist Banksy managed to prank the art market by booby trapping his ‘Girl with Balloon’ picture that sold at auction for £1.04m at Sotheby’s last night.

In a statement on Sotheby’s website Alex Branczik, Sotheby’s senior director and head of contemporar…

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