Onlookers gasped when the then-titled Girl With Balloon was sucked into the mechanism concealed in the frame when the hammer fell.... Once the auctioneer's fees were added the purchaser, whose identity is unknown, paid ￡18. 5million. Street artist Banksy, whose identity is kept secret, said on Instagram in 2018:" Some people think it didn't really shred.It did.... Some people think the auction house was in on it, they weren't." What is happening where you live?...