We were told this "art" was going to sell for around $1.5 million.
Turns out, it fetched a whopping $6.2 million!
No bullbird, this banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at a New York auction.
Literally the world's most expensive fruit.
In 2019 another one of Maurizio Cattelan's bananas duct-taped to a wall sold for $120,000, so inflation is skyrocketing when it comes to bananas duct-taped to walls.
Maurizio Cattelan's art installation 'Comedian' sold at auction at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday, purchased by a Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur for approximately $6.2 million.
The final sale was roughly four times the initial estimated value, which Sotheby's had listed between $1 million and $1.5 million.
Sotheby's described the artwork as 'Passionately debated, rhapsodically venerated, and hotly contested.'
All of this is important to keep in mind when considering that Cattelan's 'Comedian' is a single banana, reportedly purchased on the day of the auction for $0.35 according to the New York Times, and duct-taped to a blank wall.
Bro, if you can turn $0.35 into $6.2 million I kinda can't be mad at you.
But, I mean...
And check out what the winning bidder's gonna do with this art:
Yup, he's just gonna eat it!
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