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.
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, taped onto a wall and bought for $6.2 million (£4.9 million).
Crypto mogul eats banana he bought for $6.2 million and offers to buy 100,000 more from fruit vendor
Upon hearing how much Sun bought the fruit for, the vendor, Shah Alam, was in disbelief. Sun then promised to buy 100,000 more bananas from Alam, or $25,000 worth of produce, in a series of posts on X/Twitter.
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.
Fruit seller who sold banana to artist fuming after it's sold at auction for £4.8m
Fruit vendor Shah Alam, 74, was left fuming after an ordinary banana purchased at his New York City stall was sold at auction for £4.8 million - as he told reporters 'I am a poor man'
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 the banana proclaiming, "It’s much better than other bananas. It’s really quite good.
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.
If You Want a Picture of the Future, Imagine Justin Sun Eating a $6 Million Banana—Forever
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'Mr. Alam's contribution to this extraordinary artwork is indispensable'
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