Maurizio Cattelan's provocative artwork of a banana duct-taped to a wall has fetched USD$6.2m at Sotheby's in New York - four times higher than pre-sale estimates.
The auction house says Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun outbid six other rivals to get the "Comedian" installation of the Italian visual artist on Wednesday.
Sun says in the coming days, he will personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic experience.
The taped banana - now perhaps one of the most expensive fruits ever sold - was actually bought earlier in the day for 35 cents, according to the New York Times.
The installation - which has travelled around the world - comes with instructions on how to replace the banana whenever it rots.
In fact, the fruit has been eaten not once, but twice.
Source: BBC
