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 a bigger payday, but logistical problems may be in the way.
Inside Sotheby’s $6 million sale of a banana
Turns out that crypto bros love “Comedian,” Maurizio Cattelan’s now-infamous work consisting of a banana with duct tape, a spoof of art-world capitalism.
A banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at a Sotheby's art auction
Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian," a banana duct-taped to a wall, was sold at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday for $6.2 million.
Who’s Laughing Now? Banana-as-Art Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s
A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were biting. It went to a crypto entrepreneur.
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.
Crypto investor eats banana art after buying it for $6.2 million
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun ate the pricey snack at a news conference where guests were given bananas and duct tape to create their own versions.
Collector Justin Sun Wants to ‘Thank’ the Vendor Behind the $6.2 Million Banana
Justin Sun said he will buy 100,000 bananas from the vendor who sold the fruit that was used for Maurizio Cattelan's $6.2 million "Comedian."
Duct-taped banana goes for $6.2 million in Sotheby's art auction
A piece of art that is little more than a banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction for $6.2 million on Wednesday to cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, Sotheby's said, furthering the universal conversation about what constitutes art.
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, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday
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,
NYC fruit vendor who sold $6.2M banana for pennies is still fuming: ‘I got 35 cents’
The Upper East Side fruit vendor who sold a $6.2 million banana for pennies is still feeling rotten over his end of the deal. 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.
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Justin Sun Promises to Buy 100,000 Bananas From Street Vendor Who Sold the Banana for Sotheby's $6.5 M. ‘Comedian'
The day before, though, he made an even stranger announcement on X: he said he was going to buy 100,000 bananas from the New ...
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Crypto mogul eats banana he bought for $6.2 million and offers to buy 100,000 more from fruit vendor
The banana, which was regarded as “the most expensive piece of fruit in the world,” was sold to Cattelan for 35 cents from ...
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Justin Sun Eats Maurizio Cattelan's Banana He Bought for $6.2 M. at Sotheby's in New York Last Week
Sun is the third person to eat the banana after performance artist David Datun in 2019 and a South Korean student lat year.