Why banana taped to wall sold for $6.2m at New York auction

A banana duct-taped to a wall, part of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” installation, sold for $6.2 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York, BBC reports on Thursday. This price is four times higher than its initial pre-sale estimate. The winning bid came from Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur, Justin Sun, who outbid six competitors for