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NYC fruit vendor, 74, who sold banana devastated

New York Post on MSN · 1d

NYC fruit vendor who sold $6.2M banana for pennies is still fuming: ‘I got 35 cents’

Shah Alam, 74, recently learned that a piece of his produce was used in Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s piece titled “Comedian” — taped to a gallery wall and sold at auction last week for the eye-popping price of $5.2 million plus more than $1 million in auction-house fees.

New York City Fruit Seller's 35-Cent Banana Rockets to a Staggering $6.2M Art Sensation

NYC fruit vendor Shah Alam sold a banana that became a $6.2 million artwork, sparking discussions on value and disparity.

The New York Times · 3d

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.

Crypto investor eats banana art

The New York Times · 1d

Art Collector Who Bought a $6 Million Banana Offers to Buy 100,000 More

The vendor who sold the banana received only a quarter for the fruit. The buyer of the conceptual work has offered his stand a bigger payday, but logistical problems may be in the way.

The Associated Press on MSN · 16h

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $6.2 million eats the fruit in Hong Kong

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday.

INSIDER on MSN · 1d

Crypto investor eats banana art after buying it for $6.2 million

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun ate the pricey snack at a news conference where guests were given bananas and duct tape to create their own versions.

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Man Who Bought Duct-Taped Banana Artwork for $6.2M Eats It: ‘I Wanted to Become a Part of History’

Justin Sun, the crypto entrepreneur who purchased the now-viral art piece featuring a banana taped to a wall, has eaten it.

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Crypto mogul eats banana he bought for $6.2 million and offers to buy 100,000 more from fruit vendor

Upon hearing how much Sun bought the fruit for, the vendor, Shah Alam, was in disbelief. Sun then promised to buy 100,000 ...

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 ...

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A crypto investor bought a duct-taped banana for $6.2M. He now wants to buy 100,000 more from the original fruit vendor.

The 100,000 bananas would be sold at 35 cents each, bringing in a net profit of $6,000.

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Banana duct-taped to wall sells for $6.2 million at NYC art auction

A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on ...

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Justin Sun Eats Maurizio Cattelan's Banana He Bought for $6.2 M. at Sotheby's in New York Last Week

Sun is the third person to eat the banana after performance artist David Datun in 2019 and a South Korean student lat year.

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