DAO To Bid On US Constitution’s Rare Copy At Sotheby’s Auction, Here’s Why

Auction house Sotheby’s plans to auction a rare artwork created by Muhammad Ali in the form of an NFT on Friday. Sotheby’s To Auction Rare Muhammad Ali Art Depicting The 1971 “Fight Of The Century” Sotheby’s and Muhammad Ali Enterprises plan to reveal the non-fungible token on 23 July. The oganizations will display and auction […]

A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) called ConstitutionDAO pooled over $46M to put “The Constitution in the hands of The People” by buying a rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution during a Sotheby’s auction. But even though the raised a higher sum than the winning bid, they lost the auction. The project became a group of […]

Sotheby’s originally estimated Banksy’s “Love is in the Air” to sell for up to $5 million. Major auction house Sotheby’s has completed its cryptocurrency-enabled auction offering Banksy’s iconic protest artwork “Love is in the Air.”According to the auction results, Sotheby’s sold the physical artwork on Wednesday for $12.9 million, significantly up from from originally estimated of $3 million to $5 million. The physical artwork was offered at a Contemporary Art Evening Auction that also featured “Versus Medici” by Jean-Michel Basquiat selling for nearly $51 million.Sotheby’s announced on....

An ultra-rare (and extremely valuable) CryptoPunk is set for a solo auction at Sotheby's. One ultra-rare CryptoPunk is set for some extra stage time at a hotly anticipated upcoming auction. In a Tweet today, luxury auction house Sotheby’s announced that the sale of CryptoPunk #7530, also known as “Covid Alien”, will be offered during a “special, standalone” auction. The Punk was previously announced as part of the “Natively Digital” event, which highlights the history of NFTs and cryptoart with a selection of pieces that include what many consider to be the first-ever NFT, Kevin McCoy’s....

Next month in New York, the popular auction house Christie’s plans to auction a rare lot of Cryptopunk non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles. The sample of work sold will be approximately nine rare Punks, courtesy of the project’s creators Larva Labs. Nine Rare Cryptopunks Going to Auction On May 13, 2021, the British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie plans to auction nine one-of-a-kind NFTs from the Cryptopunk project. Christie’s said it will be the first of a kind occasion of “groundbreaking work offered at a traditional auction house.” The....