Banana taped to a wall sells for £6,200,000 at auction

A banana duct-taped to a partition has sold for $6.2 cardinal astatine an auction successful New York.

The portion of conceptual creation is called ‘Comedian’ and was made by Italian creator Maurizio Cattelan.

The creation was this week bought by Justin Sun, the laminitis of a cryptocurrency platform.

However, Mr Sun didn’t bargain the existent Comedian, helium conscionable bought a certificate giving him the close to duct-tape a banana to the partition and telephone it Comedian.

The purchaser said the portion ‘represents a taste improvement that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community.

Mr Sun added: ‘Additionally, successful the coming days, I volition personally devour the banana arsenic portion of this unsocial creator experience, honouring its spot successful some creation past and fashionable culture.’

Bidding started astatine $800,000 earlier rapidly increasing.

Auctioneer Oliver Barker cried: ‘Don’t fto it gaffe away.

‘Don’t miss this opportunity. These are words I’ve ne'er thought I’d say: Five cardinal dollars for a banana.’

Comedian archetypal debuted successful 2019 astatine Art Basel Miami Beach, with festivalgoers trying to enactment retired whether it was expected to beryllium a gag oregon not.

At 1 point, different creator took the banana disconnected the partition and ate it.

The portion attracted truthful overmuch attraction astatine the festival that it had to beryllium withdrawn from view.

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