Crypto investor pays $6 million for a banana — and plans to eat it

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Grocery inflation just hit its peak after a single banana was sold for $6.2 million on Wednesday.
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Cryptocurrency tycoon and Chinese collector Justin Sun bought the 2019 creation by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday in New York.
The Sun
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A simple banana duct-taped to a wall has once again become the centre of the art world’s attention, this time fetching an incredible $6.2 million (roughly Rs 52.3 crore) at a Sotheby’s auction on Wednesday.
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The work, which is one of an edition of three (plus two artist's proofs), carried a presale estimate of $1 million to $1.5 million, though advance buzz predicted (accurately, as it turns out) it would sell for several times that amount.
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