That's bananas! Sotheby's auctions a piece of fruit taped to a wall for £1.5million... and there's a BIZARRE catch

That's bananas! Sotheby's auctions a piece of fruit taped to a wall for £1.5million..

. and there's a BIZARRE catch Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian' is to be displayed at Sotheby's in New York READ MORE: Best restaurants in the UK revealed: Uber Eats shares the top takeaways in Britain By Eleanor Dye Published: 08:58, 25 October 2024 | Updated: 09:22, 25 October 2024 e-mail View comments Sotheby's is auctioning a banana taped to a wall for £1.5million - and it comes with a bizarre catch.

Hailed by the broker's contemporary art boss as 'a defiant work of pure genius', Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian infamously took the world by storm after it was unveiled at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019. The work comprises of a singular banana duct-taped to a wall - and drew record crowds at its initial unveiling. However, the bizarre piece caused such controversy and upheaval among crowds that it had to be removed from the premises before the end of the initial 2019 exhibition.

It is now returning to New York in a public exhibition from November 8 to 20, and is estimated to reach between £1 and £1.5million at auction. Sotheby's is auctioning a piece of fruit taped to a wall for £1.

5million - and it comes with a bizarre catch But this time round, the piece comes with a surprising catch as the buyer will not be purchasing the original famous banana, but merely the instructions on how to recreate it. The auction winner will receive a certificate of authenticity, giving them the right to show the.