Chinese-born entrepreneur Justin Sun, founder of TRON, ate a banana artwork valued at $6.2 million during a news conference in Hong Kong. The artwork, 'Comedian' by Maurizio Cattelan, was purchased at a Sotheby’s auction.
Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun eats a banana artwork composed of a fresh banana stuck to a wall with duct tape, in Hong Kong , on Nov. 29.A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who 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.
The piece attracted so much attention that it had to be withdrawn from view. But three editions sold for between $120,000 and $150,000, according to the gallery handling sales at the time. At the time, Sun said in a statement that the piece “represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community.”
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