Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian," a conceptual artwork comprising a banana stuck to a wall with duct tape, sold on November 20 for $6.24 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York.
Mandatory Credit:	Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP via CNN Newsource

Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian," a conceptual artwork comprising a banana stuck to a wall with duct tape, sold on November 20 for $6.24 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York.
Mandatory Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP via CNN Newsource

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