Bitcoin-Themed Art Piece Sells For $130,000 in Christie’s Auction
Bitcoin is entering the mainstream through art, apparently. An anonymous purchaser recently spent $131,250 in fiat dollars to purchase “Block 21,” a piece of art created by Ben Gentill of Robert Alice. Robert Alice is a London-based art project focused on promoting blockchain. The piece, which involves a physical slab and a digital token (non-fungible), […]
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The auction for “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” closed at a realized price of $69,346,250. Digital artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, has once again made NFT history after his latest piece, “Everydays: The First 5000 Days,” raised over $69 million on Christie’s auction house. “Everydays” was minted on Feb. 16 and put up for auction on Feb. 25 at a starting price of $100. The auction closed on Thursday.The final price tag puts Beeple in elite company as far as living artists go. Only two other living artists, Jeff Koons and David Hockney, have created more expensive works. As....
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....
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....
The famed auction house claims it will be the first to accept crypto for a real-time auction of physical art — but other auction houses are not far behind. Prestigious auction house Sotheby’s has announced it will accept Ethereum (ETH) bids in real time for its Nov. 18 auction that includes works by famed street artist Banksy.Sotheby’s claims this will be the first time an auction house has accepted crypto in real time as a standard currency for payment in an auction on a physical work of art. The auction, titled ‘The Now Evening Auction’ features Banksy’s Trolley Hunters and Love Is In....
Oscar Mayer’s auction of their one-of-a-kind Dogecoin-themed pack of hotdogs “Hot Doge Wieners” sells for $15k. Oscar Mayer’s Hot Doge Wieners Auction Closes At $15k Oscar Mayer initially announced an auction for these Dogecoin-themed wieners five days back, with a starting bid of $0.99. The pack of hotdogs also came with 10k DOGE in value. […]