"Comedian," the piece by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, comes with a certificate of authenticity and installation instructions for owners to replace the banana whenever it rots."
Sun said in a statement that the Cattelan work represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community."
"It would be hard to come up with a better, simple symbol of global trade and all of its exploitations than the banana," said Chloé Cooper Jones.
The bidding lasted about five minutes, with seven bidders in the fray, bumping the final price significantly from the anticipated range of $1 million to $1.5 million.
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