(ANSA) - LONDON, OCTOBER 14 - 'Love is in the Bin' by the English artist Banksy was sold at Sotheby's in London at the record price of 18.5 million pounds (almost 22 million euros).
The work, originally called 'Girl with Balloon', was sensationally semi-destroyed in 2018 by a mechanism hidden in the frame immediately after being sold for almost 1.1 million pounds (1.3 million euros) in the British headquarters of the house. auctions on Bond Street.
Estimates on the eve of sales were between 4-6 million pounds (5-7 million euros).
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