Second auction
At the second auction where they were attempting to sell ‘Girl with a Balloon’ for the second time, things went differently. Instead of a normal level of hype around a painting from Banksy, this was huge. Everyone who had money to spend had their eyes on it and was ready to buy.
When the bidding began, it was again priced at a few hundred thousand dollars and the numbers were just getting higher. Might we remind you that we are talking about a piece of work that is shredded in half? That didn’t stop anyone from placing down big bids for it in the end.