Sotheby’s just sold one of the most worthless mockeries of art at auction for $5.2 million + $1 million auction fees.
A banana duct taped to a wall called “Comedian.”
“The banana is the star of a 2019 conceptual artwork, “Comedian,” by the noted prankster Maurizio Cattelan, which is intended to be duct-taped onto the wall. It comes with a certificate of authenticity and installation instructions for owners to replace the banana — if they wish — whenever it rots. Five minutes of rapid bidding that had started at $800,000 ended when the Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun placed the winning bid, besting six other rivals, which experts said was a sign that even a struggling market would spend big on spectacle.”
“The actual Dole banana taped to the wall of Sotheby’s on Wednesday evening was bought earlier in the day from a nearby fruit stand on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for 35 cents. Running the stand was a man from Bangladesh who did not give his name and said that he was not aware that one of his bananas was selling for several thousand times its original price.
“I bet the Sotheby’s staff absolutely can’t wait to stop having to listen to banana jokes and pretend like it’s the first time they heard them,” said the art adviser David Norman. “It has to be excruciating!””
Justin Sun must be one rich, stupid son of a bitch.
Although, I have some exquisite bottled farts that I might place on auction at Sotheby’s … hoping for a couple million per bottle. Maybe Justin will throw some bids my way.
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