Banksy’s street glamour has set pulses racing at art auctions all around the world. But one of the incognito British artist’s most famous images performed like a lead balloon at Deutscher and Hackett’s sale in Melbourne last week.
In the upset of the night, Banksy’s screenprint, Girl with Balloon, 2004, failed to sell at Deutscher and Hackett’s May 3, 2023 auction in Melbourne. Estimated to fetch $450,000 to $650,000, it was passed in at just $300,000.
