Is this daft.

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That Viral Banana Duct-Taped to a Wall? It Just Sold for $6.2 Million

Maurizio Cattelan’s perishable piece soared above the pre-auction estimate of $1.5 million and was the subject of an intense bidding battle at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday

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Apparently someone thinks that a banana taped to a wall is worth six million dollars

 

[Howth Head]

Just when you think the world can't get any more insane...along comes this!

The banana “transcends geographies, language, understanding, cultural differences,” David Galperin, head of contemporary art for Sotheby’s, told the Washington Post's Ashley Fetters Maloy after the auction. And the high price tag it commanded “spoke to its universality, the way it kind of pierces through the cultural zeitgeist to the very center,” he added.