Crypto Investor Eats $6.2 Million Banana Art
- Crypto investor Justin Sun bought a duct-taped banana for $6.2 million in a Sotheby’s auction.
- Sun ate the banana at a news conference where he compared the conceptual artwork to NFTs.
- Guests were given bananas and duct tape to recreate the pricey artwork at home.
One week after paying $6.2 million for a duct-taped banana, crypto investor Justin Sun ate the pricey snack at a news conference in Hong Kong.
“The real value is the concept itself,” he said.
Sun beat six other bidders at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on November 20 to buy the conceptual artwork “Comedian.” Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan first introduced it at the Art Basel Fair Miami in 2019.
The banana displayed at Sotheby’s was…
