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Justin Sun, the buyer of Sotheby’s $6m banana, sues megacollector David Geffen over $78m Giacometti sculpture
David Geffen—the American record executive, billionaire and leading art collector—is being sued over the rightful ownership ...
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Inside Sotheby’s $6 million sale of a banana
“The banana ... But on Wednesday night at Sotheby’s, a buyer of one of the original “Comedian” editions sold it at auction for a whopping $6.24 million — and it became ...
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Duct-taped banana sells for more than $6 million at auction
A banana duct-taped to a white wall — or an acclaimed piece of art, depending how you look at it — sold at a Sotheby's auction for $6.24 million on Wednesday. Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" is ...
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$6.2 Million Paid for a Banana Duct-Taped to a Wall
The banana is an artwork titled “Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. The buyer Justin Sun, founder of cryptocurrency platform Tron, plans to eat it. Photo: Sotheby's/Reuters ...
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Art is Bananas! But so too is Currency
Created by Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian contemporary artist, it went on sale at Sotheby’s auction house where Tron ... s Leeum Museum of Art in 2023, the banana was eaten again.