Christie’s Will Auction Original Art From Gary Vee ‘s Veefriends NFT Collection
Notorious entrepreneur and social media personality, Gary Vee, is now a full-blown artist. The legendary auction house Christie’s crowned him as so by announcing the sale of five of the original pieces from his Veefriends NFT collection. Is this new development positive for NFT mania? Is it positive for Veefriends holders? What does it say about the current state of the arts? So many questions. Related Reading | In The Mood For Auction: Wong Kar-Wai ‘s First NFT Available At Sotheby’s First of all, these are the five pieces that Christie’s will auction: Christie’s....
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Christie’s to auction its first purely digital work by Mike “Beeple” Winkelmann through an NFT marketplace. British auction house Christie’s has announced the auction of its first ever “purely digital work of art." Announcing the news Tuesday, Christie’s said that the NFT artwork will be issued in partnership with major NFT marketplace, MakersPlace. Dubbed “Everydays - The First 5000 Days,” the piece was created by Mike Winkelmann, who goes by the name Beeple.According to the official page of the NFT auction, the starting price for the work, which interested parties can bid on from Feb. 25....
In recent times, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and their physical counterparts have started to debut at well known retail stores and luxury boutiques. On October 4, the NFT project called Veefriends revealed that the team is launching its limited edition series of collectible characters exclusively at Macy’s and Toys”R”Us. Veefriends holds the 20th position in terms of all-time NFT collection sales, with approximately $240.15 million in sales since the NFT project launched. Veefriends Are Coming to Macy’s and Toys’R’Us Retail Locations, Existing....
The Wikipedia-themed sale on Christie’s also featured an iMac used by Wales to create Wikipedia, sold for $187,500. After celebrating its 20th anniversary in January, the free Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia continues making history by selling its first nonfungible token (NFT) via auction giant Christie’s.On Dec. 15, Christie’s completed an auction of two Wikipedia-related objects directly from Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.Titled The Birth of Wikipedia, the online sale included two lots, an NFT of Wikipedia’s first edit, which sold for $750,000, and a Strawberry iMac used by Wales to....
It’s been no secret that serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk – founder of VaynerX, VaynerMedia, and other endeavors – is a NFT advocate. His NFT dedicated project, VeeFriends, recently surpassed $11M in secondary sales while raising over $100K for charity in the process. VeeFriends has totalled over $50MM in total sales as well. This week, VaynerX […]
Two days ago on December 2, the Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection auction of non-fungible token (NFT) assets kicked off at Art Basel Miami via the Superrare platform. The Ulbricht NFT collection auction ends on December 8, and so far the auction has seen a bid of 666 ether or roughly $2.6 million. Additionally the project Pleasrdao aims to up the ante as the “Free Ross DAO” bidding on the collection has raised 1,042 ether or $4.2 million to date. Ross Ulbricht NFT Auction Eyes Millions in Ether During the third week of November, Bitcoin.com News reported on the Ross Ulbricht....