Duct-taped banana goes for $6.2 million in Sotheby's art auction

A journalist takes a picture of Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana entitled "Comedian," displayed during a media preview at Sotheby's in New York, Nov. 8, 2024.

A piece of art that is little more than a banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction for $6.2 million on Wednesday to cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, Sotheby's said, furthering the universal conversation about what constitutes art.