<p>A Banksy painting showing a young boy playing with a toy nurse as a superhero rather than Batman or Spider-Man sold for more than $20 million on Tuesday, setting an auction record for the elusive British street artist.</p>.<p>"Game Changer", which was unveiled last May at University Hospital Southampton, paid tribute to the frontline workers of Britain's National Health Service (NHS) in their fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>The black-and-white artwork shows a young boy lifting a nurse, her arm stretched and wearing a cape, while traditional superheroes Batman and Spider-Man lie in a bin.</p>.<p>In a Christie's auction streamed live, the painting sold for a hammer price of 14.4 million pounds ($19.85 million). Added fees gave it a final price of 16.758 million pounds ($23.10 million), a world auction record for Banksy, according to Christie's.</p>.<p>The painting had carried an estimate of 2.5-3.5 million pounds. Christie's said proceeds would go towards "support(ing) the wellbeing of University Hospital Southampton staff and patients".</p>.<p>The sale took place as Britons across the country on Tuesday marked one year since Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the nation into its first lockdown.</p>.<p>A minute's silence was observed to remember the more than 126,000 people who have lost their lives since to the virus.</p>
<p>A Banksy painting showing a young boy playing with a toy nurse as a superhero rather than Batman or Spider-Man sold for more than $20 million on Tuesday, setting an auction record for the elusive British street artist.</p>.<p>"Game Changer", which was unveiled last May at University Hospital Southampton, paid tribute to the frontline workers of Britain's National Health Service (NHS) in their fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>The black-and-white artwork shows a young boy lifting a nurse, her arm stretched and wearing a cape, while traditional superheroes Batman and Spider-Man lie in a bin.</p>.<p>In a Christie's auction streamed live, the painting sold for a hammer price of 14.4 million pounds ($19.85 million). Added fees gave it a final price of 16.758 million pounds ($23.10 million), a world auction record for Banksy, according to Christie's.</p>.<p>The painting had carried an estimate of 2.5-3.5 million pounds. Christie's said proceeds would go towards "support(ing) the wellbeing of University Hospital Southampton staff and patients".</p>.<p>The sale took place as Britons across the country on Tuesday marked one year since Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the nation into its first lockdown.</p>.<p>A minute's silence was observed to remember the more than 126,000 people who have lost their lives since to the virus.</p>