The Financial Times of 6 October 2018 reported that one of Banksy's paintings, Girl with balloon, spontaneously destructed at a Sotheby's auction in London. The anonymous and mischievous British artist had set the painting so that immediately after the painting had been sold to phone bidder (for $A1.93 million), it slid down the frame and was shredded. Sotheby's said." We have not experienced this situation in the past. We are purchaser who was surprised by the story. we are in discussion aboutnext steps, ' advise the purchaser whether the contract was made