Woman who bought shredded Banksy artwork will go through with purchase

Buyer of Girl With Balloon, who paid £1.04m for work, says she has her ‘own piece of art history’

The buyer of the Banksy print which was partially shredded immediately after auction will go ahead with the £1m purchase amid claims its value will have significantly increased following the self-destruction.

The art world was left stunned when around half of Girl With Balloon, one of the street artist’s most famous stencil drawings, was reduced to ribbons by a shredder built into the frame after the hammer went down at Sotheby’s in London on 5 October.

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