{"id":3084,"date":"2024-11-21T16:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2024-11-21T16:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:18:21","slug":"paying-6-24-million-for-a-duct-taped-banana-justin-sun-did-just-that-and-now-hell-eat-it-as-part-of-this-unique-artistic-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3084","title":{"rendered":"Paying $6.24 Million For A Duct-Taped Banana? Justin Sun Did Just That \u2014 And Now He&#8217;ll Eat It &#8216;As Part Of This Unique Artistic Experience&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Tron <\/strong>(CRYPTO: TRON) founder <strong>Justin Sun<\/strong> on Thursday announced he has purchased <strong>Maurizio Cattelan<\/strong>\u2018s controversial artwork, <strong>Comedian<\/strong>, for $6.24 million at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/general\/entertainment\/24\/10\/41562698\/maurizio-cattelans-viral-duct-taped-banana-artwork-is-up-for-auction-again-this-time-at-an-\">Sotheby&#8217;s auction in New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>The piece, a banana duct-taped to a wall, has become a cultural icon, bridging the worlds of conceptual art, internet memes and the cryptocurrency community.<\/p>\n<p>Sotheby&#8217;s originally estimated the artwork to fetch between $1 million and $1.5 million. <\/p>\n<p>However, intense bidding saw the price soar, culminating in a winning bid placed by <strong>Jen Hua<\/strong>, Sotheby&#8217;s Deputy Chairman, on Sun&#8217;s behalf. <\/p>\n<p>The entire process lasted just six minutes, underscoring the artwork&#8217;s enduring appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Following the sale, Sun <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/justinsuntron\/status\/1859403540315373942\">said<\/a>, &#8220;This is not just an artwork; it represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/11\/42116475\/paying-6-24-million-for-a-duct-taped-banana-justin-sun-did-just-that-and-now-hell-eat-it-a\" alt=\"Paying\" million for a duct-taped banana justin sun did just that and now he eat it part of this unique artistic experience>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tron (CRYPTO: TRON) founder Justin Sun on Thursday announced he has purchased Maurizio Cattelan\u2018s controversial artwork, Comedian, for $6.24 million at a Sotheby&#8217;s auction in New York. What Happened: The piece, a banana duct-taped to a wall, has become a cultural icon, bridging the worlds of conceptual art, internet memes and the cryptocurrency community. Sotheby&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-3084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}