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 painting, it was a multimillion-dollar banana duct-taped to a wall that stole the show. The work, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan,
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.
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.
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It wasn’t just a banana. It was a banana with a back story. The spectacle on Wednesday evening, when a Sotheby’s auctioneer in Manhattan warned potential bidders not to let Maurizio Cattelan’s fruity artwork “slip away,
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 Tycoon Pays $6.2 Million for Banana Duct-Taped to a Wall
Comedian, a sculpture by the artist Maurizio Cattelan, consisting of a piece of duct tape and a banana stuck to a wall, has sold for $6.2 million at Sotheby’s in New York after more than six minutes of fierce bidding.
Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.2 Million
The conceptual artwork, “Comedian,” by the noted prankster Maurizio Cattelan was auctioned at Sotheby’s on Wednesday.
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.
Crypto investor Justin Sun pays $6.2 million for duct tape banana art
Crypto investor Justin Sun has a $6.2 million banana — and he’s going to eat it, too. Sun revealed Wednesday night that he shelled out millions at a Sotheby’s New York auction for “Comedian,” a piece of conceptual art created by Italian artist and cultural prankster Maurizio Cattelan.
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David Norman, an art adviser, on the $6.2 million paid at auction for the conceptual artwork “Comedian” that features the piece of fruit tapped to a wall. Page C10.
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