A duct-taped banana artwork fetches US$5.2m at New York auction

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Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork involving a banana duct-taped to a wall has sold at auction for US$5.2m, besting initial estimates of between US$1m and US$1.5m.

One of three editions for the 2019 work, titled Comedian, made its auction debut on Wednesday evening at Sotheby’s New York, as part of its contemporary art auction.

Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped banana artwork fetches US$5.2m at New York auction

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun bought one of three editions of the viral 2019 work, describing it as ‘a cultural phenomenon’

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Real. You can see video of the actual auction of the bananna.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Anyone who has not figured out that the buying and selling of so called art is a scam has not been paying attention.

 

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Anyone who has not figured out that the buying and selling of so called art is a scam has not been paying attention.

Yet you don't have $20 to buy anything.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Yet you don't have $20 to buy anything.

Avoidance.

 

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Avoidance.

get lost jerkoff

 

[Hawkeye10]

get lost jerkoff

No.

 

[WinterBorn]

I'll admit that I find the high end art world a complete world of lunacy.

That said, if someone wants to spend their own $5.2 million, who am I to tell them 'No'?