Following up on https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x671f49b340cf16244b69d690eaeb87a1687f42285e08eef960d0137153e6218d922b54a2&t=1732181902741 This article expected $1m but became $6m. “Emmanuel Perrotin, founder of Perrotin, the gallery where "Comedian" was first shown, said he called a client the day before the banana's debut offering the client a chance to buy the artwork at an undisclosed price. The client turned him down, but three days later, Perrotin got a message from someone offering to buy "Comedian" for seven times the price he initially offered his client. "Imagine the change of perception created by the way it was received by the audience," Perrotin said.”