The 100,000 bananas would be sold at 35 cents each, bringing in a net profit of $6,000.
Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur who paid $6.2 million for a duct-taped banana art piece, says he wants to buy 100,000 more from the original fruit vendor.
The viral artwork, titled « Comedian », was first unveiled by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan in 2019.
Speaking to The Art Newspaper in 2021, Cattelan said it was not intended to be a joke, but a « sincere commentary and a reflection on what we value. »
Sum’s bid at Sotheby’s auction house was more than six times the artwork’s pre-sale estimate of $1 million.
It’s become a tradition for those who buy it to eat the banana, which Sun did at a press conference in Hong Kong this week.
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun last week spent $6.2 million on the conceptual artwork « Comedian » by Italian artist Maurizio Cattlelan at a Sotheby’s auction in New York.
