Who’s Laughing Now? Banana-as-Art Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s

A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were biting. It went to a crypto entrepreneur.Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘‘Comedian,’’ a conceptual art piece during a preview at Sotheby’s auction house in New York. It sold for $6.2 million with fees.