NYC fruit vendor who sold $6.2M banana for pennies is still fuming: ‘I got 35 cents’
Shah Alam, 74, recently learned that a piece of his produce was used in Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s piece titled “Comedian” — taped to a gallery wall and sold at auction last week for the eye-popping price of $5.2 million plus more than $1 million in auction-house fees.
New York City Fruit Seller's 35-Cent Banana Rockets to a Staggering $6.2M Art Sensation
NYC fruit vendor Shah Alam sold a banana that became a $6.2 million artwork, sparking discussions on value and disparity.
A crypto investor bought a duct-taped banana for $6.2M. He now wants to buy 100,000 more from the original fruit vendor.
Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur who paid $6.2 million for a duct-taped banana art piece, says he wants to buy 100,000 more from the original fruit vendor. The viral artwork, titled "Comedian," was first unveiled by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan in 2019.
NYC fruit vendor, 74, who sold banana devastated after it became viral $6.2M artwork: ‘I am a poor man’
I am a poor man. I have never had this kind of money; I have never seen this kind of money ... Do they not know what a banana is?”
Crypto entrepreneur pays $6.2M for viral banana artwork – then eats it
The winning bidder of Maurizio Cattelan’s famed banana duct-taped to a wall installation immediately pulled it off the wall and ate it. This isn't the first time this has happened.
Man pays $6.2M for banana art, ends up eating it
Justin Sun, founder of cryptocurrency platform TRON, bought the banana artwork during a Sotheby's art auction in New York last week.
The sidewalk fruit vendor who sold a $6.2 million banana for 25 cents
A 74-year-old immigrant who works outside Sotheby’s shares a basement in the Bronx and works 12-hour shifts. He was stunned to hear what his banana went for at auction.
Crypto entrepreneur eats banana artwork bought for $6.2m
A Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur has followed through on his promise to eat the banana from a $6.2m (£4.9m) artwork he bought last week. Justin Sun outbid six others to claim Maurizio Cattelan's infamous 2019 work Comedian - a banana duct-taped to a wall - at Sotheby's auction house in New York.
Art Collector Who Bought a $6 Million Banana Offers to Buy 100,000 More
The vendor who sold the banana received only a quarter for the fruit. The buyer of the conceptual work has offered his stand ...
Costliest Snack Ever? Crypto Investor And Tron Founder Justin Sun Eats $6.2M Duct-Taped Banana: 'The Real Value Is The Concept Itself'
Cryptocurrency investor and Tron (CRYPTO: TRX) founder Justin Sun has eaten a $6.2 million duct-taped banana artwork, ...
Crypto mogul eats banana he bought for $6.2 million and offers to buy 100,000 more from fruit vendor
Upon hearing how much Sun bought the fruit for, the vendor, Shah Alam, was in disbelief. Sun then promised to buy 100,000 ...
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Crypto Entrepreneur Eats Banana Art He Bought For $6.2M And Reveals How It Tastes (VIDEO)
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday, Nov. 29, ate the duct-taped banana he bought for $6.2 million. Sun, 34, ate the ...
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $6.2 million eats the fruit in Hong Kong
A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, ...
Auction of duct-taped Cheeto Puff takes inspiration from $6.2 million banana
Cheetos is auctioning a Cheeto Puff held to a wall by duct tape through eBay, and bidding for the object is over $1,000.
Without Drama or Banana, Art Auctions Struggle
Beyond the headline-grabbing sales of the fall auction season, the market tries to soar beyond its two-year slump.