Posted on 11/21/2024 4:51:56 AM PST by C19fan
An art installation of a banana duct taped to a wall that was previously hailed as a 'defiant work of pure genius' has sold at Sotheby's in New York for $6.2 million.
Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian' piece was snatched up by Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, who outbid six other offers on Wednesday.
'After over 6 minutes of heated bidding, Deputy Chairman of Sotheby's and Chairman of Sotheby's China, Jen Hua, placed the winning bid for 'Comedian' on behalf of, Chinese collector and founder of cryptocurrency platform TRON, Sotheby's announced on X.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I will stick a banana in a tailpipe and sell it for $10 million.
“There’s a sucker born every minute.”
> sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $6.2 million <
Looks like my bid of 18 cents fell a little short.
It actually sounds like a setup for a Leslie Nielsen routine, where he he takes the banana off the wall and eats it.
“This is not just an artwork; it represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community. I believe this piece will inspire more thought and discussion in the future and will become a part of history.”
That statement came from the crypto BILLIONAIRE that bought this stupidity......think of all the help that money could have been to people desperately struggling to get by. SMH
How can one read this article and not think that high-dollar “art” sales are a form of money laundering?
This must be a forgery! I thought the original banana-duct-taped-to-wall work of art was done several years ago. Would not buy “art” with a sell-by date.
I will tape a banana to the inside of my multimillion dollar starship when I launched into orbit!
Oh, wait… It’s already been done!
money laundering? ✅
The FACT that many here are unable to understand this work and hence its value simply proves how IGNORANT conservatives truly are.
Pity. You could have sold the banana on the street for 29c and turned a quick profit.
Hey idiot who bought it…bananas rot
I didnt read anything over there and just scrolled down to see the pic...
But if that indeed sold for 6.2M, there are more fkn retards in the world than I ever imagined...
could be worse
How?
could have sent the money to the Kamala campaign
Food prices have sure gone up under the Biden/Harris regime
It’s a work in progress. I wonder how much it will be worth after it’s fully aged.
Modern “art” is nature’s way of telling certain people they have too much money.
“””Jen Hua, placed the winning bid for ‘Comedian’ on behalf of, Chinese collector and founder of cryptocurrency platform TRON, Sotheby’s announced on X”””
Some BRAINIACS are borderline MANIACS.
That’s called F U money....
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