Seven years ago, the art world was stunned by another @banksy art performance. On this occasion, a work by Banksy titled ‘Girl with a balloon’, 2006, was about to be auctioned at @sothebys in London. On 5 October 2018, @ob1london’s gavel fell to the highest bid of £1,042,000 (then equivalent to US$1,366,672 or €1,184,360), a record price for a Banksy painting at that time. Within seconds of the gavel drop, the canvas began sliding out of the bottom of the frame and shredding itself to the audibl