The price of the work of contemporary artist Banksy, who became a hot topic as it was shredded at the same time as the auction was successful, has risen nearly 20 times in three years.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Banksy's 'Balloon and Girl' sold for £18.7 million at Sotheby's auction in London.
This is the most expensive Banksy work ever sold at auction.
This work was sold at a Sotheby's auction in October 2018 for £1042,000, or KRW 1.69 billion, and immediately after winning the bid, a shredder hidden in the frame of the picture worked, and the work was torn into long and thin pieces. announced on social media that it was his fault.
At that time, Banksy introduced Pablo Picasso's remarks that 'desire to destroy and desire to be creative' in a video he made himself.
When this work was put up for auction again after three years, it was predicted that it would sell for between £4m and £6m, but the actual bid exceeded expectations.
The purchaser of the artwork is known to be a private collector in Asia.