This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: A banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at a Sotheby's art auction Maurizio Cattelan's art installation "Comedian" sold at auction at ...

An art installation of a banana duct taped to a wall that was previously hailed as a 'defiant work of pure genius' has sold at Sotheby's in New York for $6.2 million. Italian artist Maurizio ...

Justin Sun purchased edition #2 of the Comedian at Sotheby’s auction. The bidding started at $800,000 and swiftly moved to $5 ...

A banana duct-taped to a wall says a lot about today’s art market, according to Carroll School of Management Associate Professor of Marketing Henrik Hagtvedt, author of the just-released Money and ...

Sun has made headlines for splashy auction purchases before, but he was thrust into the spotlight last year after spending $6.2m on Cattelan’s banana in November during another Sotheby’s sale.

The spot is a reference to a much-circulated art world story. In 2019 artist Maruzio Cattelan debuted “Comedian,” a new piece of conceptual art at Art Basel Miami. The work quickly made headlines, ...

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 ...