The 2009 Banksy painting, entitled 'Devolved Parliament,' sold for almost nine times its previous price after a 13-minute bidding war, Sotheby's auction house said.
A 2009 Banksy painting depicting primates conducting business as usual in British Parliament fetched about $12.2 million in a Sotheby's auction Thursday.
A gallery assistant poses with an artwork entitled 'Devolved Parliament' by British artist Banksy, during a press view in London on September 27, 2019, ahead of Sotheby's contemporary art sale, as part of the Frieze Art Fair.A Banksy painting depicting primates conducting business as usual in British Parliament fetched a whopping 9.88 million Euros at an auction Thursday, or about $12.2 million.
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