The Banana That Broke The Internet: NYC Vendor's Heartbreaking Reaction To $6.2M Auction
Shah Alam's 35-cent banana became a $6.2 million art piece, leaving the 74-year-old NYC street vendor stunned and heartbroken.
NYC fruit vendor who sold $6.2M banana for pennies is still fuming: ‘I got 35 cents’
Shah Alam, 74, recently learned that a piece of his produce was used in Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s piece titled “Comedian” — taped to a gallery wall and sold at auction last week for the eye-popping price of $5.2 million plus more than $1 million in auction-house fees.
Bangladeshi fruit vendor moved to tears as banana he sold for 35 cents fetches millions
Shah Alam, a 74-year-old Bangladeshi fruit vendor in Manhattan, was shocked to discover that a banana he sold for 35 cents was later auctioned off for $6.2 million at Sotheby's auction house as the centerpiece of artist Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork called "Comedian.
The Sidewalk Fruit Vendor Who Sold a $6.2 Million Banana for 25 Cents
A 74-year-old immigrant who works outside Sotheby’s shares a basement in the Bronx and works 12-hour shifts. He was stunned to hear what his banana went for at auction.
NYC fruit vendor, 74, who sold banana devastated after it became viral $6.2M artwork: ‘I am a poor man’
It went bananas. The New York City fruit vendor who sold an ordinary banana that was duct-taped to a gallery wall inside Sotheby’s and sold for a whopping $6.2 million was devastated to learn that he was made the butt of the joke — but New Yorkers and the art buyer are now lining up to support him.
Crypto mogul eats banana he bought for $6.2 million and offers to buy 100,000 more from fruit vendor
The crypto entrepreneur who bought a banana duct-taped to a wall for $6.2 million last week has eaten it.Justin Sun knew he wasn’t meant to eat the banana when he originally purchased it. Yet, in a room filled with media personnel at a hotel in Hong Kong,
Man who bought $6m Banana offers to buy 1,00,000 more from original Bangladeshi vendor in NY
Shah Alam, a 74-year-old Bangladeshi migrant street vendor in Manhattan, sold the original fruit for the artwork for only 25 cents
The Crypto Bro Who Bought the $6.2 Million Banana Art Piece Just Ate It
This banana may have just become the world’s most expensive snack. Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun has eaten the fruit he purchased as part of Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian for a cool $6.2 million.
The Guy Who Bought (and Ate) That Banana Art Is Actually a Dangerous Criminal
On the surface, it’s a funny curiosity of a story. But Justin Sun’s involvement takes this into something far more insidious.
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Half-blind grocer who sold 28p banana that became £5m art sensation DEVASTATED he didn’t get a slice & says ‘I’m poor’
A DEVASTATED half-blind grocer wants his slice of an art fortune - after his 28p banana went onto become a £5m viral sensation. Shah Alam, a 74-year-old fruit seller who works in New York for ...
Street vendor who sold $6m banana devastated as he did not receive a cent
Shah Alam doesn’t remember exactly which of the dozens of bananas he sold last Wednesday ended up being taken across the road ...
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Crypto Entrepreneur Eats Banana After Buying It for $6.2M
The crypto entrepreneur who bought a banana duct-taped to a wall for $6.2 million ate the artwork. Justin Sun chowed down on ...
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Fruit seller who sold banana to artist fuming after it's sold at auction for £4.8m
A New York City fruit vendor was left fuming after an ordinary banana bought at his stall was duct-taped to a gallery wall inside Sotheby’s and sold for £4.8 million ($6.2 million). Shah Alam ...
'Mr. Alam's contribution to this extraordinary artwork is indispensable'
A Bitcoin billionaire has vowed to purchase thousands of bananas from the sidewalk vendor who originally sold the now-famous ...
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Justin Sun Eats Maurizio Cattelan's $6.2 Million Banana, Orders 100,000 More
Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian,” a banana taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million to cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, who ate it to embody the concept of the work. The story also highlighted Shah ...