A Man Bought Maurizio Cattelan’s Viral Banana For $6 Million—He Plans to Eat It
The new owner of Maurizio Cattelan's art said it "bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community.”
Last Laugh? Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘Comedian,’ a Duct-Taped Banana, Sells for $6.2 Million at Auction
The controversial work, which instantly went viral when it debuted at Art Basel in 2019, beat estimates several times over.
Maurizio Cattelan’s Viral Banana Artwork Could Fetch $1.5 Million at Auction
First causing a stir at Art Basel, Maurizio Cattelan's artwork "Comedian", made from a banana and tape, is expected to fetch $1 million at auction.
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous duct-taped banana shattered already-high expectations at the auction block this week. Comedian fetched a staggering $6.2 million at Sotheby’s on November 20. Bidding blew past the presale estimate of $1–1.
Maurizio Cattelan's Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.24 M. at Sotheby's
"The world's most expensive banana" sold Wednesday night at Sotheby's New York. That's how auctioneer Oliver Barker put as he was trying to eek out the last of the bids for Maurizio Cattelan's viral artwork,
Crypto businessman buys duct-taped banana art for $6.2 million and plans to eat it
Justin Sun, founder of the cryptocurrency platform TRON, bought a duct-taped banana artwork entitled “Comedian” for millions of dollars.
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun buys $6 million banana—and plans to eat it unless Elon Musk wants to send it to space
In the same week in which Sotheby’s auction house sold a $65 million Claude Monet piece, it was a multi-million-dollar banana duct-taped to a wall that stole the show. The work, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan,
Man who spent $6.2 million on banana duct-taped to wall says he's going to eat it
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun dropped over $6 million on a banana duct-taped to wall by artist Maurizio Cattelan — and he intends to eat it.
Crypto entrepreneur buys $6 million duct-taped banana — and plans to either eat it or send it to space
Justin Sun, founder of the Tron blockchain and cryptocurrency, purchased Maurizio Cattelan's controversial artwork "Comedian" for $6.2 million at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday. The artwork, featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall,
Tron Crypto Founder Spends $6 Million on a Banana and Says He Plans to Eat It
This week, Justin Sun, the founder of cryptocurrency firm Tron, announced that he had purchased a banana for just over $6 million. Now, he plans to eat it. It should be noted that this isn’t just any old banana.
A Crypto Entrepreneur Bought a Duct-Tape Banana for $6.2 Million. He Might Send It to Space—and Then Eat It.
Justin Sun said he plans to exhibit the banana-taped-to-a-wall art that he bought at a Sotheby’s auction. Then he plans to eat it.
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Viral banana artwork has sold again — this time for $6.24 million
But artist Maurizio Cattelan’s viral creation, titled “Comedian,” has proven a sound investment for one collector: One of the artwork’s three “editions” smashed estimates to sell ...
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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. transcript “Cattelan’s ...
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Inside Sotheby’s $6 million sale of a banana
But the main attraction, indisputably, was Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian”: a work that consists of a single banana affixed to a wall by a diagonal slash of silver duct tape. Cattelan made ...
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Viral Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.2 Million at Auction
The most anticipated lot from Sotheby's "The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction," which took place tonight in New York City, was clearly Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian. Banana ...
The New York Times4d
Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.2 Million
new video loaded: Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.2 Million transcript “Cattelan’s ‘Comedian.’ Here it is in all its splendor. We’re going to begin at $800,000. At $800,000? $850,000 now.