A banana duct-taped to a wall was sold for $120,000

[JonLP24]

Link to tweet

[Sanity Claws]

1. Proof that the rich have too much money

and don't know what to do with it.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. Just exactly so!

What useful things could have been done with that much money.

[marble falls]

2. I was so close. I tried duct taping bananna pudding to the wall. So close.

[42bambi]

3. Was the wall included? nt

[nilram]

4. I'm going to DO that! One in every room!

I’ve always wanted to live surrounded by expensive art.

[C_U_L8R]

5. So that's how money laundering works.

I got a dust bunny wrapped in dryer lint ... one million dollars

[Sanity Claws]

9. Of course

I read the article on the purchaser is not listed. Of course!
I'm sure it is an LLC through which lots of money is passed. The artist is getting a share too.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Do the fruit flies come with it, or are they extra?

[Deb]

7. It does have a peel

[pansypoo53219]

10. gee. i had a FREE green + gold(packers) bagel on my wall for years. 15 yrs later it broke + fell.

[Javaman]

11. someone ate the banana...

Banana artwork that fetched $120,000 is eaten by 'hungry' artist

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/08/banana-artwork-that-fetched-120000-is-eaten-by-hungry-artist

An artwork that sold last week for $120,000 and was hailed as “a symbol of global trade” has been eaten, in what might seem a fitting end for something that was an ever-ripening banana duct-taped to a wall.

The piece, titled Comedian, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was on show at the international gallery Perrotin at Art Basel in Miami when New York performance artist David Datuna ate it, saying he was hungry.

The stunt on Saturday afforded a whole new meaning to gallery founder Emmanuel Perrotin’s comments earlier this week, when he said: “Maurizio’s work is not just about objects, but about how objects move through the world.”

All is not lost for the buyer, who, let’s face it, was going to have to deal with the demise of the banana at some point. The work apparently comes with a certificate of authenticity, and owners can replace the banana. “[Datuna] did not destroy the art work. The banana is the idea,” Lucien Terras, a director at the gallery, told the Miami Herald.

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[Initech]

12. I love all the Arrested Development comments in the tweet.