The sidewalk fruit vendor who sold a $6.2 million banana for 25 cents
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.
Fruit seller who sold £5,000,000 banana won't get a penny
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,
A Banana Sold for $6.2 Million at Auction in New York This Week
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 banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at a Sotheby's art auction
Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian," a banana duct-taped to a wall, was sold at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday for $6.2 million.
Without Drama or Banana, Art Auctions Struggle
Beyond the headline-grabbing sales of the fall auction season, the market tries to soar beyond its two-year slump.
Banana Taped to Wall Sells for KSh 803m at New York Art Auction
A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for KSh 803 million at Sotheby’s New York auction. The artist of the piece named Comedian is Maurizio Cattelan.
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, went for millions at a Sotheby’s auction last week
Auction of duct-taped Cheeto Puff takes inspiration from $6.2 million banana
Cheetos is auctioning a Cheeto Puff held to a wall by duct tape through eBay, and bidding for the object is over $1,000.
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Viral, duct-taped banana may sell for more than $1M at auction at Sotheby's in New York
NEW YORK -- Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to ...
Why so appealing? A banana’s back story.
The spectacle Wednesday evening, when a Sotheby’s auctioneer in New York warned potential bidders not to let Maurizio ...
Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction
An enigmatic painting of a nighttime streetscape under a pale blue daytime sky by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte sold for $121.2 million at an auction in New York.