The taped banana - now perhaps one of the most expensive fruits ever sold - was actually bought earlier in the day for a mere $0.35, according to the New York Times.

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    3 days ago

    Yo I was about to comment this.

    Like literally.

    How do you transfer a huge amount of money.

    Just get the receipient to create “art”

    Instruct receipient to sell “art” for the amount of money

    Voila, legal money laundering!

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      3 days ago

      Yeah, it’s the first thing I thought. Everybody else sees it too, right? This is well past dadaism.

      …but wasn’t this the case all along in the art market, except for institutional buyers?