This banana art sold for $6.2 million — but we did it ourselves for just $5.75 By . Andrew Court. Published Nov. 20, 2024, 8:00 p.m. ET. This isn’t low-hanging fruit.

That leaves in place lower court rulings that Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, who sold his banana art work, “Comedian,” for about $6.2 million last year, did not rip the idea off of Morford.

Chinese cryptocurrency founder Justin Sun made headlines on Nov. 20 when he spent $6.24 million on the rights to "Comedian," an art installation in which a banana was duct taped to a wall.

This duct-taped banana art piece is worth at least $1 million. Here's why The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct tape is a work entitled “Comedian,” by Italian artist ...

A backup banana was brought in. Selfie-seeking crowds became so thick, “Comedian” was withdrawn from view, but three editions of it sold for between $120,000 and $150,000, according to ...

The viral duct-taped banana art installation ‘Comedian’, brainchild of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, is headed for auction at Sotheby’s on Nov. 20, where it’s expected to fetch ...

This duct-taped banana art piece is worth at least $1 million. Here's why The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct tape is a work entitled “Comedian,” by Italian artist ...

Crypto mogul eats banana he bought for $6.2 million and offers to buy 100,000 more from fruit vendor. Maurizio Cattelan was the Italian artist behind the banana art titled ‘Comedian’ ...

CONCORD, N.H. — In Franconia, an eye-catching 5-foot banana sculpture was stolen last week, and now the organizers of an outdoor art exhibition are speaking out in hopes of getting their banana ...

That leaves in place lower court rulings that Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, who sold his banana art work, “Comedian,” for about $6.2 million last year, did not rip the idea off of Morford.