Stories Beyond the banana: Sotheby’s contemporary art night nets a modest $112m Posted on November 21, 2024 by artNews Despite Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian selling for a staggering $6.2m, The Now and contemporary auctions in New York made 63% less than last year ‘The world’s most expensive banana’: Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian fetches $6.2m at Sotheby’s New York ‘A house of opportunities’: the changing fortunes of England’s largest country home