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Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

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Our annual highlights of the auction year reached a crescendo in this post-2021 coverage - the most explosive growth, the most ridiculous lots, and dozens of examples of the most expensive items in history ... not to mention the most bizarre lots we've yet seen. The most intriguing of them all was the sale by tender of (most of) the cars from the 2015 movie, “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

The 2021 auction year was quite extraordinary, with almost all auction categories reporting unprecedented levels of participation and sales.

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Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

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Our annual highlights of the auction year reached a crescendo in this post-2021 coverage - the most explosive growth, the most ridiculous lots, and dozens of examples of the most expensive items in history ... not to mention the most bizarre lots we've yet seen. The most intriguing of them all was the sale by tender of (most of) the cars from the 2015 movie, “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

The 2021 auction year was quite extraordinary, with almost all auction categories reporting unprecedented levels of participation and sales.

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Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle

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Smashing Security podcast #242: ProtonMail privacy questioned, and Banksy blunder

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ProtonMail finds itself in a privacy pickle, the big problem with Facebook’s algorithmic amplification, and strange things are happening on Banksy’s website.

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Se… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #242: ProtonMail privacy questioned, and Banksy blunder→

Life Imitates Art: 3D Printed Banksy Frame “Shreds” Oeuvre, Prints Money

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[Dave Buchanan] is giving the world his own take on the now famous shredding Banksy frame. This version has a few extra features though – like reverse shredding and printing money! Like many of us, [David] was impressed with the Banksy art auction shredding last week. We’re still not sure how he pulled it off, and the jury is still out if it was real, or all some sort of stunt involving the auction house.

[David] took his inspiration straight to CAD software, and designed a miniature version of the frame. A quick trip to the 3D printer and he …read more

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Life Imitates Art: 3D Printed Banksy Frame “Shreds” Oeuvre, Prints Money

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[Dave Buchanan] is giving the world his own take on the now famous shredding Banksy frame. This version has a few extra features though – like reverse shredding and printing money! Like many of us, [David] was impressed with the Banksy art auction shredding last week. We’re still not sure how he pulled it off, and the jury is still out if it was real, or all some sort of stunt involving the auction house.

[David] took his inspiration straight to CAD software, and designed a miniature version of the frame. A quick trip to the 3D printer and he …read more

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Banksy’s Barely Believable Batteries

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Nearly a decade ago my friend [Dru] gave me an unforgettable tour late at night of Stokes Croft, the inner suburb of Bristol known at the time for its counterculture and artistic scene. It’s a place dominated by building-sized graffiti and murals, and it has a particular association with the Bristolian street artist [Banksy]. If you’ve not seen a Banksy in the wild, the place to do it is by Bristol Saturday night street lighting to the sound of passing revelers and traffic on the A38.

[Banksy] is famous aside from his anonymity, for his pranks upon the art world. …read more

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Banksy’s Barely Believable Batteries

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Nearly a decade ago my friend [Dru] gave me an unforgettable tour late at night of Stokes Croft, the inner suburb of Bristol known at the time for its counterculture and artistic scene. It’s a place dominated by building-sized graffiti and murals, and it has a particular association with the Bristolian street artist [Banksy]. If you’ve not seen a Banksy in the wild, the place to do it is by Bristol Saturday night street lighting to the sound of passing revelers and traffic on the A38.

[Banksy] is famous aside from his anonymity, for his pranks upon the art world. …read more

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