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Banksy smashes own record as chimp parliament painting fetches $12 million at auction

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/afp/10/05/20191005banksy.jpg"/><figcaption>In this file photo taken on September 27, 2019, gallery assistants pose with an artwork entitled &#x27;Devolved Parliament&#x27; by British artist Banksy, during a press view in London. A Banksy painting depicting the British parliament populated by chimpanzees smashed the record for the mysterious British street artist on Thursday, fetching nearly £9.9 million pounds, Sotheby&#x27;s auction house said. Tolga Akmen, AFP</figcaption></figure></div><p>A Banksy painting depicting the British parliament populated by chimpanzees smashed the record for the mysterious British street artist on Thursday, fetching nearly £9.9 million pounds or over $12 million, Sotheby&#x27;s auction house said.</p><p>The 2009 work entitled &quot;Devolved Parliament&quot; sold for £9,879,500 or $12.1 million following a 13-minute battle between 10 different bidders.</p>

<p>A Banksy painting depicting the British parliament populated by chimpanzees smashed the record for the mysterious British street artist on Thursday, fetching nearly £9.9 million pounds or over $12 million, Sotheby's auction house said.<br /> </p>

A Banksy painting depicting the British parliament populated by chimpanzees smashed the record for the mysterious British street artist on Thursday, fetching nearly £9.9 million pounds or over $12 million, Sotheby's auction house said.