by | Oct 22, 2020 | History, Resources

Making Coins Look Like A Bargain…

Banksy’s take on a Claude Monet masterpiece has sold for £7.6 million ($9.8 million) following a nine-minute bidding battle, at a recent art auction.

In “Show me the Monet,” famed street artist Banksy reimagines Monet’s “Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies” as a modern-day scene.

Show Me The Monet was created in 2005 and adds abandoned shopping trolleys and a traffic cone to the famous garden scene.

The painting is the second most expensive Banksy sold at auction, after the reclusive artist’s Devolved Parliament sold for £9.9m last year.

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