Banana duct-taped to wall sells for $5.2 million - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

Banana duct-taped to wall sells for $5.2 million.




Previously:

Cutting banana hands off a bunch - GIF
Harvesting bananas - GIF
Motorcycle-powered banana cableway - GIF
Once-a-day bananas - photo

[Frank S]

Who knew you could become a millionaire with 8 inches of duct tape and a banana

[nova_robotics]

Where's a natural disaster when you need one?

[IntheGroove]

I have a forgery of that on my wall. Not sure how much longer it will last...

[Floradawg]

The emperor has no clothes.

[Frank S]

The emperor has no clothes.

And no brains

[KustomsbyKent]

I like well-done art... but this is just crap and ridiculous. Some/most of the modern art is just crap. Someone needs to call ******** on this before it goes any where.
If any of us turned that in as art in a HS art class, we'd fail, and rightly so.
There are many artists that do some very fine work, and spend hours and hours, and is truly phenomenal work.
This "artist" took 5 mins to duct tape a regular banana on a wall, and people went nuts for it. Talk about a group of fools.... all of them. I don't care that the previous ones went for $120k and $150k, more fools there too.
It didn't take skill, knowledge or talent. I fail to see anything that made that extraordinary.

[Jon]

The funny part is that they keep replacing the banana. The winning bidder gets a certificate of authenticity, a roll of duct tape, and detailed instructions on taping a banana to a wall.

[Floradawg]

The funny part is that they keep replacing the banana. The winning bidder gets a certificate of authenticity, a roll of duct tape, and detailed instructions on taping a banana to a wall.

Yeah, and only one roll of tape. They should have included a duct tape factory.

[Frank S]

Is that a Chicquita or a Dole banana and what happens if the wrong one is taped to the wall would it become a forgery