“(I)n the coming days, I will personally eat the banana as part of this ... the permission and authority to reproduce this banana and duct tape on their wall as an original artwork by Maurizio ...

Or, more accurately, Sun purchased a certificate of authenticity that gives him the authority to duct-tape a banana to ... I will personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic ...

But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby's in New York.