BBC: Banksy painting fetches £288,000
A painting by cult “guerrilla artist” Banksy has sold for £288,000 at auction - a new record for the artist.
Space Girl and Bird, which sold for 20 times its estimate, was commissioned by Blur for their Think Tank album cover.
It was sold to a telephone bidder from the US. Earlier, a Banksy self-portrait showing an ape’s face fetched £198,000 - five times its estimated value
