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.
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.
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).
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
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.
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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.
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