O/T - you think our prices are too high?

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by BioCRN

Absolutely no one aside from cryptobros want a world currency that is so volatile that you can order something for delivery months away (commodity markets, especially) that can drop or rise 20-30%+ on a whim and be considered absolute normal behavior for that currency.

As an aside that's related to the artwork. The banana and tape are not the actual artwork, the rights to post the banana + duct tape and proper instructions for how to do it is what's actually being sold. It's quite similar to the NFT market, though not the same.

I'd like to see someone else tape a banana to a wall with duct tape, then hire a lawyer to challenge the "rights" the 6.2 mil buyer supposedly paid for.

How does one copyright or patent the taping of a banana, so as to obtain (and then sell) the rights to that exclusive privilege?

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by Mark17

I'd like to see someone else tape a banana to a wall with duct tape, then hire a lawyer to challenge the "rights" the 6.2 mil buyer supposedly paid for.

How does one copyright or patent the taping of a banana, so as to obtain (and then sell) the rights to that exclusive privilege?

The COA from the original artist is where the value is derived.

I think it's stupid. If you took a poll most of the world would thing it's stupid, but the $6m+ winning bid wasn't a single offer. Many people jumped in the fray to be the person who owned the right to say they can display banana+duct tape under the original artist's name.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by BioCRN

The COA from the original artist is where the value is derived.

I think it's stupid. If you took a poll most of the world would thing it's stupid, but the $6m+ winning bid wasn't a single offer. Many people jumped in the fray to be the person who owned the right to say they can display banana+duct tape under the original artist's name.

It was other crypto bros he was bidding against. Nothing about it was legitimate. Sotheby’s should be ashamed.