The sale comes just two weeks after Beeple made the previous NFT art auction record for a 10-second video that sold for $6.6m on Nifty Gateway. Christie's said the artwork fetched the highest price in an online-only auction and the highest price for any winning bid placed online. Just last week, Mark Cuban tweeted about his most recent NFT digital art bid: Art & Auctions Beeple NFT Fetches Record-Breaking $69 Million in Christie’s Sale The digital collage earned a bid higher than those seen for works by Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí or Paul Gauguin The creator of the NFT that sold for almost $70 million is "a rich man today," Christie's art specialist Noah Davis told CNBC on Thursday. The last week of February has seen the biggest NFT sale in history as someone acquired Beeple’s Crossroad artwork for $6.6 million. Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. Beeple’s opus. Artwork made of 5,000 images captured over 13 years to go on sale in auction house first . March 11, 2021 10:35 PM 1 mins reading. Even more notably to the armies of crypto-Evangelists and hopeful, historically underpaid digital artists in the wings, the non-fungible token (ID: 40913) would now be transferred by Christie’s ever-powerful auction house. Share. Christie's did not identify the buyer of the artwork, which consists of 5,000 individual digital pictures stitched together that Beeple created - one each day - since May 2007. “CROSSROAD” was first sold in a Nifty Gateway sale in November 2020. He never has to work again (even conservatively invested, that $69 million will give him over a million/year in income). Join the ranks of independent, free thinkers by supporting us today for as little as $1. For payment, Christie’s offered to accept Ether, the first major auction house to accept cryptocurrency to the delight of everyone hoping this whole thing will catch on. Beeple is one of the world’s most-renowned digital artists. Published 17th February 2021. Credit: Beeple/Christies. In an interview with Earther, Beeple argued that NFTs “absolutely must be done in a sustainable way.” In an email, Beeple went on to personally promise to offset past and future sales: “I can assure you that moving forward that all of my drops will not just be carbon neutral but carbon NEGATIVE. His art has been featured in campaigns by Louis Vuitton, Apple, and Nike, and he’s also worked with superstars like Justin Bieber and Katy Perry. Digital art superstar: Beeple’s “Everydays: The First 5,000 Days” has sold for $69.34 million in a landmark moment for the NFT space. Today 11:39AM. Some argued that the eco-costs are being used disingenuously to target individuals. Christie’s says it has auctioned off a digital collage by an artist named Beeple for nearly $70 million. Beeple on the blockchain. This could be a bubble or an unstoppable boom, but the timing is too good to ignore an opportunity to correct the course. Winkelmann has been working on his “Everydays” project for over 13 … It’s now the most expensive NFT ever created. Christie's said it also marks the first time a major auction house has offered a digital-only artwork with a non-fungible token as a guarantee of its authenticity, as well as the first time cryptocurrency has been used to pay for an artwork at auction. And the Associated Press is offering NFT digital artwork - a depiction of the U.S. presidential election's electoral college map as viewed from space. Marina Galperina. 1981), EVERYDAYS: THE … Save big on laptops, tablets, outdoor furnishings, everyday household items, and more! How Mike Winkelmann, aka the digital artist Beeple, has combined 5,000 images to create a monumental NFT-based work.