Reportedly as you may have heard or seen that auctions often involve bidding for valuable things such as art, culture or history related attractive items or you may have seen the auction of a unique painting. Here we are going to give you information about such items auction whose price may surprise you. First of all, let us talk about Maurizio Cattelan's 6.2 million dollar banana. Yes, in the year 2019, an Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan made headlines all over the world by making a painting. This painting has a banana pasted on the wall. Initially it was sold for $ 120,000. During its sale, certificates and instructions to replace the banana if it rotted were also given. As soon as this news came out, this banana became a topic of discussion on social media platforms. This painting was named “Comedian”.
Previously in 2024, this painting once again attracted people's attention when Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin sun bid $6.2 million for it at Sotheby's. This ordinary fruit which was given a special status in art has now made its place among the prestigious absurd objects in art history. Now we talk about the last violin played on the Titanic. Stories that tell of tragedy and adventure like titanic are rarely heard. One of its famous stories is that there was a band which kept playing even when the ship sank. Even after the death of band leader Wallace Hartley, the violin tied to his body was recovered. Even after more than a century, this violin was sold at auction in the year 2013 for $1.7 million.
Moreover if we talk about Albert Einstein, then his 'Theory of Happiness' was also sold for a million dollars. In 1922, Albert Einstein wrote his thoughts on happiness on a hotel stationery in tokyo and gave it to a bellboy in exchange for a tip. Some things were written in the notes, such as, "A calm and restrained life gives more happiness than the pursuit of success with constant restlessness." Almost a century later, these notes were sold in an Israeli auction for 1.56 million dollars.
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