Maurizio Cattelan’s stimulating artlabor of a prohibitana duct-taped to a wall has conveyed $6.2m (£4.9m) at Sotheby’s in New York – four times higher than pre-sale assesss.
The auction hoparticipate says Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun outbid six other rivals to get the “Comedian” inshighation of the Italian visual artist on Wednesday.
“In the coming days, I will personpartner eat the prohibitana as part of this distinct originateive experience,” Mr Sun was quoted as saying.
The taped prohibitana – now perhaps one of the most costly fruits ever selderly – was actupartner bought earlier in the day for a mere $0.35, according to the New York Times.
“Comedian” was first unveiled to the accessible in 2019, instantly becoming a viral sensation and also provoking heated argues about what art is.
The inshighation – which has travelled around the world – comes with teachions on how to trade the prohibitana whenever it rots.
In fact, the fruit has been eaten not once, but twice.
The mparticipateum tardyr placed a novel prohibitana in the same spot, local media telled.
Four years earlier, a carry outance artist pulled the prohibitana from the wall after the artlabor was selderly for $120,000 at Art Basel in Miami.
The prohibitana was quickly traded, and no further action was acquiren.
Justin Sun runs the Tron blockchain netlabor, which eases some cryptocurrency transactions. Last year the US Securities and Exalter Coshiftrlookion accparticipated him of deception, saying he had deceptively inftardyd trading volumes of TRX, Tron’s crypto token. Mr Sun denies the accuses.
