Yup I saw that last night, I don't know why he couldn't use a regular New 3DS, it's not like the paint job would have produced a different result. Not that I condone such things in the first place, it's dangerous and stupid after all and apparently he did it to an iPhone 6 and 2DS too, as art no less, which is really messed up too.
Didn't think he would have the balls to sell that piece of [parasitic bomb], though people are stupid if they are willing to spend $10,000 on it.
He also bought it from another scalper for $500 so he wasted $500 to do that crap so now he's trying to sell it to make a profit.
EDIT: So I saw the ebay account and the comments about the 3DS, either this guy is one of the most deluded artist ever or a dickish troll pretending to be one of the most deluded artists ever, but he's still an idiot.
Honestly that's not art, he didn't make those things he just puts things in a microwave, turns it into slag and calls it art. I could do that with my 3DS, anyone could. Art is about talent and the discipline to improve that talent but microwaving something someone else made isn't the result of either. He just made it into trash.
It's honestly worse than those piles of cinder blocks PB ranted about a few months ago, that's not art either but at least the museum isn't selling it and it's not liable to destroy a microwave and burn the house down.
Okay I'm done, I'm not really pissed but I really had to get that off my chest because of the sheer stupidity of the situation.