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A piece of Banksy's work sells for $1.4M, and then it self-destructed.

Got to admit, that's pretty rock and roll.
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Wow!
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Leisher wrote: A piece of Banksy's work sells for $1.4M, and then it self-destructed.

Got to admit, that's pretty rock and roll.
That's hilarious
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I'm kind of questioning the veracity of this story now. Not as told by the press, but this is starting to seem... too incredible? Saw the video dude put out showing his making of the frame. No one at the auction house had a flag go up on the frame when they gave the print the rectal exam for authenticity?

Not saying I absolutely think he colluded with someone on the inside, but now kind of questioning the veracity of the story as it's being presented.
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Hell, they were probably in on it
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TheCatt wrote: Hell, they were probably in on it
That thought crossed my mind.
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The people in that video were clearly not in on it.

You have to assume someone was though. I mean, wouldn't that be a crime?
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Leisher wrote: The people in that video were clearly not in on it.

You have to assume someone was though. I mean, wouldn't that be a crime?
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That's what I said. Technically, that was all made by the original artist, so, isn't it still art? Couldn't you still hang that as it was all created by him?
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Cakedaddy wrote: That's what I said. Technically, that was all made by the original artist, so, isn't it still art? Couldn't you still hang that as it was all created by him?
Hell, it's probably worth even more now.
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Also said that.
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I suppose those points are true.

If anyone there was in on it, they did a great job acting.
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TheCatt wrote:
Leisher wrote: A piece of Banksy's work sells for $1.4M, and then it self-destructed.

Got to admit, that's pretty rock and roll.
That's hilarious
It was supposed to shred the whole thing.
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I think jamming halfway worked out a ton more.

It makes the art itself more of a legit piece, and is still in one piece. It also probably raised its value.
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Leisher wrote: I think jamming halfway worked out a ton more.

It makes the art itself more of a legit piece, and is still in one piece. It also probably raised its value.
Also, if he had really wanted to destroy it, cross-cut ftw.
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“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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