The love and craze for digital art was on full display Thursday when British auction house Christie's launched Beeple's new NFT art collection, which sold for $1 million in the first 10 minutes.
Beeple's, the NFT artist who has sold the most digital artworks, is the sensation of the moment. Only the auction house Christie's When the artist's collection “The First 5000 Days” was launched, collectors and fans began bidding to get their hands on it. “The First 5000 Days” is a collection that brings together all of Beeple's artwork since 2007.
Mike Winkelmann, Beeple’s real name, has been posting a piece of art every day, without any interruptions, since 2007. In each of his works, Beeple has expressed his love for design and art. Thus, the work of his last 13 years is magnificently reflected in “The First 5000 Days”, which brings together every single piece of art created by Beeple, and which once again shows his broad and extensive vision and passion for art. “The First 5000 Days” presents Beeple’s long artistic journey from his early days in anonymity to the digital art phenomenon that he is today.
As indicated Makersplace, which is collaborating with Christie's to present Beeple's collection, the works sold for $1 million in the first 10 minutes of the auction opening. Even Beeple He showed his enthusiasm for this milestone on his Twitter account.
Beeple's new collection also “creates a moving timeline that traces the progression of American history in real time”, notes the digital art and NFT marketplace MakersPlace.
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The best selling and most valued
Beeple's NFT digital artworks have sold for over $20 million, NFT data platform shows CryptoArt.
In total, this artist has sold 824 works of art, which accumulate a value of 20.686.057 dollars, or 14.064,6 ETH. Before unveiling his crypto art collection “The First 5000 Days,” Beeple’s highest-valued collection had been “The Complete MF Collection,” which sold for $777.777.
The artist also has a unique piece of art, which is the most valued at the moment. Called “Crossroad,” the spectacular piece of crypto art was resold on a secondary market for no less than $6.600.000 (4.487,4 ETH). Although the new buyer of the work prefers to remain anonymous for the moment, the NFT market Nifty gateway The exchange claims that the artwork was traded legitimately on Nifty’s art buying services. The exchange said it has been in direct contact with the buyer and has confirmed his identity.
More than $2 billion in sales
At the time of writing, Beeple’s crypto art collection has already racked up sales of over $2,2 million worth of ETH at Christie’s. According to the auction house, this is the first time it has auctioned a purely digital art collection and the first time it has accepted ether as payment.
“Together with renowned auction house Christie's and MakersPlace, we are honored to present the first purely digital artwork auctioned by a major auction house: Everydays – The First 5000 Days.”
These works, better known as “Everydays,” form one of the most celebrated works ever seen in the entire history of digital art. Beeple’s auction, which opened on Thursday, ends in 14 days, on March 11.
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