Billionaire who bought $6 million fruit at art auction offers to buy 100,000 bananas from NYC vendor
The billionaire owner of a $6.2 million banana taped to a wall offered to buy 100,000 bananas from the 74-year-old Upper East Side fruit vendor who sold the banana used in the exhibition when it was auctioned last week.
A banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at a Sotheby's art auction
Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian," a banana duct-taped to a wall, was sold at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday for $6.2 million.
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $6.2 million eats the fruit in Hong Kong
A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday.
Crypto billionaire eats Banana he bought for Rs 52 crore in auction, here's 'Art catch' to the price
Tron Crypto founder Justin Sun purchased Maurizio Cattelan’s banana artwork, 'Comedian', for $6.2 million. This widely discussed piece features a banana taped to a wall and has provoked debate in the art community.
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur eats £5m banana he won at art auction
It tastes much better than other bananas,' Justin Sun told a press conference in Hong Kong. | ITV National News
Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction
Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was a phenomenon when it debuted in 2019 at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Crypto entrepreneur eats $6.2M banana 'artwork' during media event
Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun ate the banana that was part of the $6.2 million artwork that he bought during a recent Sotheby's auction in New York City.
Watch: Collector eats world-famous $6.2M banana
Last week, Chinese billionaire and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun bought “Comedian,” a Maurizio Cattelan work of a duct-taped banana, for an eye-watering six million. On Friday, he ate it.
Man Who Bought Duct-Taped Banana Artwork for $6.2M Eats It: ‘I Wanted to Become a Part of History’
In the caption of the post, he revealed how the banana tasted. "To be honest, for a banana with such a back story, the taste is naturally different from an ordinary one," he wrote
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