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Costliest Snack Ever? Crypto Investor And Tron Founder Justin Sun Eats $6.2M Duct-Taped Banana: 'The Real Value Is The Concept Itself'

Cryptocurrency investor and Tron (CRYPTO: TRX) founder Justin Sun has eaten a $6.2 million

Benzinga

Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur Eats .2M Banana Art Piece In Hong Kong

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur buys .2 million banana art, eats it, and invests in Trump family cryptocurrency venture.

Top News

Crypto-tycoon who bought infamous banana artwork for $6.2million eats fruit in bizarre stunt

Justin Sun bought the Maurizio Cattelan banana artwork for millions - and then ate it

Evening Standard

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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

The Independent UK

George Stubbs dog painting expected to reach up to £2m at auction

The Spanish Pointer has not been seen by the public since 1972, when it sold for £30,000

The Guardian - UK

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun buys $6 million banana—and plans to eat it unless Elon Musk wants to send it to space

Sun outbid six others for the iconic work.

Fortune

Duct-taped banana artwork sells at auction for almost £5m to crypto entrepreneur

Justin Sun purchased a certificate of authenticity that gives him the authority to duct-tape a banana to a wall and call it “Comedian.”

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Banana Taped To A Wall Sells For $6.2 Mn In New York

A fresh banana taped to a wall -- a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan -- was bought for $6.2 million on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction, Sotheby's announced in a statement.

International Business Times

Banana duct-taped to wall bought at art auction for $6.2m by crypto mogul who plans to eat it

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun identified himself as the buyer, pledging to ‘personally eat the banana’

The Independent UK

The right to duct-tape a banana to a wall for art has sold for $6.2 million

The buyer own a certificate that gives them the authority to duct-tape a banana to a wall and call it ‘Comedian’

The Independent UK

Real Madrid Soccer Player Lockers Up For Auction

Explore the auction of 24 Real Madrid soccer team lockers used by legends like Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham at Sotheby’s London showrooms.

Top News

Lockers used by Ronaldo, Beckham and other Real Madrid stars are up for auction

Metal lockers that once held the sweat-stained shirts and muddy cleats of some of the world’s greatest soccer players are up for auction

The Independent UK

A duct-taped banana is now worth $1 million

The fruit is replaced regularly, along with the tape

The Independent UK

Multimillion-Dollar Statue Found Being Used As Shed Doorstop After Being Misplaced On Way To Exhibition

A historic 18th-century bust, once bought for $6 and used as a doorstop, is set to be sold for over $3 million.

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Latin Times

Multimillion-Dollar Statue Found Being Used as a Shed Doorstop After Being Misplaced on Way to Exhibition

A historic 18th-century bust, once bought for $6 and used as a doorstop, is set to be sold for over $3 million.

Evening Standard

What Kim Jones did next: 'Money is worth less than time'

He’s quit Fendi, but what will Kim Jones do next? First stop, Sotheby’s

International Business Times

Mysterious Diamond-laden Necklace Fetches $4.8 Mn In Geneva Auction

A mysterious diamond-laden necklace with possible links to a scandal that contributed to the downfall of Marie Antoinette, sold for $4.8 million at an auction in Geneva Wednesday.

Fortune

Robot-created AI artwork sells for $1 million at auction

It had been expected to fetch no more than $180,000.

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Latin Times

AI Artwork Painted by Robot Artist Sells for Shocking Amount at Historic Auction

A piece of AI artwork sold for more than a million dollars in a historic auction sale that far exceeded expectations.

The Guardian - AU

First artwork painted by humanoid robot to sell at auction fetches $1m

Portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing was created by Ai-Da, one of the most advanced robots in the world

The Guardian - AU

Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped ‘banana’ artwork estimated to fetch up to US$1.5m at New York auction

The viral artwork, involving a banana stuck to a wall, is once again in the spotlight, as Sotheby’s prepares to auction it for an eye-watering sum

Wallpaper

Radical modernity: Kim Jones on curating Charleston for Sotheby's

As the newly appointed vice president of Charleston, Jones is curating a two-part selling and loan exhibition at Sotheby’s, ‘Radical Modernity: From Bloomsbury to Charleston’

The Independent UK

Kim Kardashian spotted in iconic Princess Diana pendant at Los Angeles gala

The iconic pendant was famously worn by Princess Diana at Birthright’s 1987 charity gala in London

International Business Times UK

Robot Artist Ai-Da's Alan Turing Portrait Expected To Sell For Up To $180,000 At Sotheby's

Ai-Da, a humanoid robot artist, is making waves in the art world. Its paintings, powered by AI and executed by robotic arms, are being auctioned at Sotheby's.

Creative Bloq

Forget AI image generators, an autonomous AI artist just made $351,600 at Sotheby's

But is it art or the emperor's new NFTs?

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