# Banana Art back in the news. Sells for 6.24 million **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-art-back-in-the-news-sells-for-6-24-million/1010951 "2024-11-29T21:28:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-art-back-in-the-news-sells-for-6-24-million/1010951/1 "2024-11-29T21:28:20Z")
Didn’t someone pull it off and eat the banana last year? It was in a exhibition for awhile. Found the old link from 2019 [https://www.cnn.com/style/article/banana-artwork-eaten-scli-intl/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/style/article/banana-artwork-eaten-scli-intl/index.html) Anyhow some one with too much money just bought it for 6.24 million. It’s worth noting 6.2 million could change the lives of 40 disadvantaged students. Allocating 155k each to attend college. A state university education without debt can be significantly life changing for each student and possibly break [generational poverty](https://raiseupfamilies.org/blog/resources/generational-poverty-why-breaking-the-cycle-is-so-hard/) for the family. Or you can buy a canvas with a banana taped to it. You can never predict how rich people will spend their money. [https://www.cnn.com/style/duct-taped-banana-maurizio-cattelan-auction-hnk-intl/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/style/duct-taped-banana-maurizio-cattelan-auction-hnk-intl/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-art-back-in-the-news-sells-for-6-24-million/1010951/2 "2024-11-29T21:41:34Z")
> [@Million dollar/six year old kid sister art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-six-year-old-kid-sister-art/1010616): > > [Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2M at art auction | KSL.com](https://www.ksl.com/article/51194326/duct-taped-banana-sells-for-62m-at-art-auction) So a banana duct taped to a wall sells for over $6 million at auction recently. This sort of thing is hardly news these days. I seem to recall a glass vial full of elephant urine sold for a tidy sum a number of years ago. I point out this most recent example because it simply suggests an established trend continues today. Now that we have years worth of examples of uber wealthy people purchasing simple objects that have been passed off … ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-art-back-in-the-news-sells-for-6-24-million/1010951/3 "2024-11-29T22:10:22Z")
I thought there was a previous thread. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-art-back-in-the-news-sells-for-6-24-million/1010951/4 "2024-11-29T22:37:45Z")
Maybe a different banana? 🤣 It’s a perishable object. The proverb _A fool and his money are soon parted_ goes back to the 16th century. Link [A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted - Meaning & Origin Of The Phrase](https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-fool-and-his-money-are-soon-parted.html) [quote] The notion was known by the late 16th century, when it was expressed in rhyme by Thomas Tusser in _Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie_, 1573: > A foole & his money, > be soone at debate: > which after with sorow, > repents him to late. The precise wording of the expression comes just a little later, in Dr. John Bridges’ _Defence of the Government of the Church of England_, 1587: > If they pay a penie or two pence more for the reddinesse of them… let them looke to that, a foole and his money is soone parted. > [/quoted] ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-art-back-in-the-news-sells-for-6-24-million/1010951/5 "2024-11-29T22:41:45Z")
Prior Thread here: > [@Million dollar/six year old kid sister art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-six-year-old-kid-sister-art/1010616): > > [Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2M at art auction | KSL.com](https://www.ksl.com/article/51194326/duct-taped-banana-sells-for-62m-at-art-auction) So a banana duct taped to a wall sells for over $6 million at auction recently. This sort of thing is hardly news these days. I seem to recall a glass vial full of elephant urine sold for a tidy sum a number of years ago. I point out this most recent example because it simply suggests an established trend continues today. Now that we have years worth of examples of uber wealthy people purchasing simple objects that have been passed off …