Iconic Banksy print fetches more than $100,000 at US auction

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2024-11-01

Los Angeles (PA Media/dpa) - A print of Banksy's famous Girl with Balloon artwork has fetched more than $100,000 at a Los Angeles auction. An original proof print of the iconic mural sold for $104,000, twice its expected asking price. The 2004 pieces were offered to the public by Julien's Auctions from the prized collection of the famed artist's longtime agent and photographer Steve Lazarides. Banksy's famed Hooded Figure original painting sold f......

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