Good old Banksey at it again

I used to live in Bristol back in the early 2000s. Great to walk around and discover his art. Actually the whole place had a better quality of graffiti, competition really does improve the quality, even for vandalism.
 
It's a great stunt. Takes the painting and leaves his heart.

I see experts say the painting is now worth more than when it was complete and record breaking.
 
I think the shredding stopped half way through - probably a dead battery.

My first thought was "well is the sale still valid?".
 
goldpelican said:
I think the shredding stopped half way through - probably a dead battery.

My first thought was "well is the sale still valid?".
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I thought that halfway point was where he wanted to stop. Leaving that heart there was a happy accident if not intended.
 
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So why does the shredded portion look a different colour from the unshredded part? To me it looks like there's 2 paintings, one shredded and one normal? So they may be able to do this trick repeatedly?
 
Likely due to angle of light

GoldenEye said:
So why does the shredded portion look a different colour from the unshredded part? To me it looks like there's 2 paintings, one shredded and one normal? So they may be able to do this trick repeatedly?
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I feel bad for the art curator who is going to have to deal with this - how can they preserve this work without changing the presentation, which is part of the original artist's intent?
 
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