A 74-year-old immigrant who works outside Sotheby’s shares a basement in the Bronx and works 12-hour shifts. He was stunned to hear what his banana went for at auction.

Heartbreaking reaction of the 74-year-old banana seller who sold 35c fruit that became $6 million artwork - A silver duct-taped banana, once sold at a Manhattan fruit stand where bananas are sold for 35 cents each,

The final $6.2 million sale is up from the list price between $1 million and $1.5 million, bumped higher by fast-paced bidding; the final price was $5.2 plus auction house fees, the Times reports. Back in 2019,

A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were biting. It went to a crypto entrepreneur.

The fruit vendor behind the banana duct-taped to a wall – which sold for £5,000,000 at an auction in New York last week – had no idea about the fruit’s fate. 74-year-old Shah Alam runs a fruit stand outside of Sotheby’s in Manhattan,