Fascinating but Strange

At a recent Sotheby’s auction, a simple banana taped to a white wall sold for a record $6.2 million dollars

A banana taped to the wall sold for 6.2 million dollars

It became known that at the auction sold for 6.2 million dollars a banana, glued with tape to the wall. About it, writes The New York Times.

Initially, Sotheby’s expected to sell the installation of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan for 1.5 million dollars.

The work comes to the buyer with a certificate of authenticity and instructions on how to replace the banana when it rots.

The buyer of the banana was Chinese crypto entrepreneur and art collector Justin Sun.

Kena Betancur / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

At the auction, he offered the highest amount and beat out six competitors.

An entrepreneur from China called the installation a cultural phenomenon, linking the worlds of art, memes and the cryptocurrency community.

He said he plans to eat a banana as part of this unique artistic experience in the near future.

 

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