A banana seller broke down in tears after buying it for $6.2 million
This information broke his heart.
A man who initially sold a banana for 35 cents was stunned and heartbroken when he learned that his sold for $6.2 million at the auction.
This is reported by the Daily Mail.
Shah Alam, 74, works for $12 an hour at a fruit stand outside Sotheby's auction house on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
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A banana was purchased from the Alamo stand for only 35 cents. He learned about the result of the sale a few days later, not even…