# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**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 … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-art-back-in-the-news-sells-for-6-24-million/1010951)._