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From the BBC.

Maurizio Cattelan's provocative artwork of a banana duct-taped to a wall has fetched $6.2m (£4.9m) at Sotheby's in New York - four times higher than pre-sale estimates.

The auction house says Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun outbid six other rivals to get the "Comedian" installation of the Italian visual artist on Wednesday.

"In the coming days, I will personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic experience," Mr Sun was quoted as saying.

However, as noted in the article. This isn't even the original banana.

The taped banana - now perhaps one of the most expensive fruits ever sold - was actually bought earlier in the day for a mere $0.35, according to the New York Times.

"Comedian" was first unveiled to the public in 2019, instantly becoming a viral sensation and also provoking heated debates about what art is.

The installation - which has travelled around the world - comes with instructions on how to replace the banana whenever it rots.

In fact, the fruit has been eaten not once, but twice.

Yes. A man has spent millions to eat an art piece, which is just a banana. It's not even the original. What the fuck is happening with this world?

Duct-taped banana artwork auctioned for $6.2m in New York

The winning bidder says he will eat the banana in coming days as part of a "unique artistic experience".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Trogdor1123]

Sounds like some kind of money laundering

 

[violence]

Conceptual art is lame. The price actually makes sense because this piece gives you potassium, so it's a slight step up from all the other art in the category.

 

[FunkMiller]

Sounds like some kind of money laundering

If only. That would at least be sensible.

This really is just a fucking idiot wasting money buying something stupid made by another fucking idiot, that a bunch of other fucking idiots think is great.

 

[Nonehxc]

For that money he can eat my banana for a full month.

 

[ChazAshley]

 

[Rentahamster]

Paying to admire then eat my banana is the core concept of my business model too.

 

[thefool]

This is Justin Sun, Tron founder.

A mix of scammer and idiot.

 

[Badlucktroll]

this sounds like a mr beast stunt lol

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Apply the lowest effort possible to reap the maximum reward. These contemporary/conceptual art scammers have a great knack for finding suckers to buy their junk!

 

[od-chan]

 

[BennyBlanco]

These grocery prices are out of control

 

[Atrus]

If it’s not the original banana and it was just a piece of banana taped to a wall, then doesn’t mean it’s not the original artwork?

What amount of duct tape, banana and wall made it valuable?

 

[Sleepwalker]

Justin Sun is a well documented excentric (aka moron), also extremely rich due to crypto.

 

[Lambogenie]

Doing crypto make you an entrepreneur? Even if you make your own coin?

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/dont-show-me-your-banana.1677437/

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[BlackTron]

For that money he can eat my banana for a full month.

The real question is, would you eat his for that money?

 

[West Texas CEO]

Crazy story there, boo-boo.

 

[Ikutachi]

 

[digital_ghost]

He stole it from Donkey Kong. He will not be happy.

 

[chakadave]

Sounds like some kind of money laundering

It is pretty well known that art is laundering money.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[Giallo Corsa]

"Art"

 

[Blitzmangoman]

"But the people are retarded"

This quote is right 90% of the time.

 

[DrFigs]

This says a lot about society

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I would have had it dipped in gold, then ate it.

 

[Big Baller]

 

[FeralEcho]

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[HoodWinked]

This stunt probably made this guy billions, he's the creator of Tron coin one of the earlier cryptos. There's a bit of a rotation out of Bitcoin.

A lot of these OG cryptos are having monster gains. Yesterday it popped suddenly with a 100%+ gain, since it has dropped but still up massively.