SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Only one person can own the viral banana duct-taped to the wall art piece, but 62 people will own a collector shirt honoring it from the Savannah Bananas.
The Savannah Bananas said that they sold out of a limited-edition shirt honoring the viral art piece that sold for $6.2 million.
Credit to The Savannah Bananas
The dancing baseball team only sold 62 of the collectors' shirts, for $62.40 each. The shirt featured the batting banana logo with a single piece of duct-tape over it and was sold out within five minutes, the Bananas said.
The art piece titled "Comedian" was officially sold for 5.2 million, but the price didn't include the 1 million worth of auction house fees, the AP reported.
FILE - Artist Maurizio Cattelan's piece of art "Comedian" hangs on display during an auction preview at Sotheby's in New York, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
The creator of the banana artwork is Maurizio Cattelan, who debuted it in 2019, but a cryptocurrency platform founder now owns it.
The piece “represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community," Justin Sun said in a statement to the AP. Sun also said he planned to eat the banana.