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.

NEW YORK — A banana taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at an art auction in New York on Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur.

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A banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at a Sotheby's art auction The buyer reportedly told the auction house that he planned to eat the banana.

An artist said Maurizio Cattelan's viral piece "Comedian," showing a banana taped to a wall, copied his work. The Supreme Court declined to take the case.

A banana duct-taped to a wall has been bought for $6.2m at auction by a crypto mogul who has promised to eat his wildly expensive new purchase.

Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” piece that features a banana duct-taped to a white wall, sold for millions at a Sotheby’s auction on Nov. 20.

Literally a banana duct-taped to a wall. While some saw it as a stroke of genius and dissected its possible underlying meaning, others were in an uproar over how outlandish they thought it was.

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

Comedian is a banana duct-taped to a wall precisely 160 centimeters above the floor and previous editions sold for $120,000 and $150,000 in 2019, The Daily Beast noted.

A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur.