The emperor's new receipt: Rs 59 cr for a banana? Inside the world of absurd art pricing
- Sotheby's auctioneer overseeing the bidding for Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian (2019) at Sotheby's on November 20, 2024.
- Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby'sIn a very exclusive room far far away, a very ordinary looking wooden gavel comes down on an equally ordinary looking rostrum and somehow millions of dollars have transpired within that quarter of a second.
- At the centre of the stage, the reason a transaction of $6.24 million dollars (Rs 59.42 crore) just transpired, is a banana and a small piece of duct tape.
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- Sotheby's auctioneer overseeing the bidding for Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian (2019) at Sotheby's on November 20, 2024.
- Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby'sIn a very exclusive room far far away, a very ordinary looking wooden gavel comes down on an equally ordinary looking rostrum and somehow millions of dollars have transpired within that quarter of a second.
- At the centre of the stage, the reason a transaction of $6.24 million dollars (Rs 59.42 crore) just transpired, is a banana and a small piece of duct tape.
Sources: Times of India