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.
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 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 more bananas from Alam, or $25,000 worth of produce, in a series of posts on X/Twitter.
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.
Man Who Bought Duct-Taped Banana Artwork for $6.2M Plans to Eat It: 'Stay Tuned!'
A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who identified himself as the buyer of a viral artwork depicting a yellow banana duct-taped to a wall said he will eat the fruit as part of a “unique artistic experience.
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
Watch: Collector eats world-famous $6.2M banana
Last week, Chinese billionaire and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun bought “Comedian,” a Maurizio Cattelan work of a duct-taped banana, for an eye-watering six million. On Friday, he ate it.
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.
Crypto boss eats $6.2M banana he bought in art sale
The Five' panelists discuss cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, who purchased a $6.2 million banana duct-taped to a wall and later ate the fruit.
Crypto Entrepreneur With Trump Ties Eats $6.2 Million Banana on Stage
Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and Donald Trump supporter paid $6.2 million for a banana taped to a wall, only to eat it onstage during a Friday event, declaring that "the real value is the concept itself,
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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, ...