Banksy’s self-shredded painting is now a new piece called Love is in the Bin
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It turns out Sotheby's was actually Banksy'd twice. Last week, the anonymous street artist made headlines after his piece, Girl with Balloon destroyed itself via shredder shortly after selling for $1.4 million. But that was just the first instance of Banksy'ing. The second, Sotheby's and Banksy revealed on Thursday, was that a new work had been created mere "seconds" after it passed through the shredder.
The new work is now called Love Is in the Bin. According to a Sotheby's announsment published Thursday, it has a certificate from the artist's "authentication body," Pest Control.
The buyer – whom Sotheby's described as a "female European collector and a long-standing client of Sotheby's" – also had a happy ending: She is now the proud owner of Love is in the Bin.
