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Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million

Bangkok Post Thursday, 21 November 2024 ()
NEW YORK — Arguably the most famous artwork of the past decade has found a new buyer. Comedian, a sculpture by the artist Maurizio Cattelan, consisting of a piece of duct tape and a banana stuck to a wall, has sold for US$6.2 million at Sotheby’s in New York after more than six minutes of fierce bidding. The buyer is China-born crypto entrepreneur and Justin Sun, the...
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