It was taped to the wall. The banana was sold at auction for $6.2 million
An unusual bid with an even more unusual final price was recorded at an auction held by the world-famous Sotheby's.
They sold a banana taped to a wall at auction. In the end, they got a fabulous $6.2 million for this fruit (botanists call it a thick-skinned berry).
The MIA Rossiya Segodnya agency reported this with reference to the auction house’s website.
We are talking about the work “The Comedian” by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.
It is known that the preliminary cost of the lot was from 1 to 1.5 million dollars. In the end, the buyer will fork out 6,240,000 dollars.
According to available information, the banana (possibly the most expensive in the history of sales of these fruits) was purchased by Justin Sun.
This gentleman wrote on one of the social networks that he soon intends to “personally eat” the gift of nature that he bought.
By the way. Five years ago, two copies of the work were sold for $120,000.
For reference
Banana is the name of the edible fruit of the cultivated plants of the genus Banana (Musa).
