Banksy painting sells for record-breaking $12.2 million
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British artist Banksy's "Devolved Parliament," a satirical oil painting depicting the House of Commons filled with chimpanzees, has sold at auction in London for a record-breaking 9,879,500 ($12,200,000), after going on display in Bristol in March to mark the first missed Brexit deadline. The final sale price far exceeded auction house Sotheby's estimate of 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 ($1,900,000 to $2,500,000).