{"id":38767,"date":"2021-03-11T18:49:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38767"},"modified":"2025-08-30T06:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:18:42","slug":"beeples-nft-sells-at-christies-for-69-3-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/beeples-nft-sells-at-christies-for-69-3-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Beeple&#8217;s NFT sells at Christie&#8217;s for $69.3 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The British auction house Christie\u2019s sold the non-fungible token (NFT) by Mike Winkelman, known by the moniker Beeple. A total of 353 bids were placed.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">.<a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beeple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@beeple<\/a> \u2018s \u2018The First 5000 Days\u2019, the 1st purely digital NFT based artwork offered by a major auction house has sold for $69,346,250, positioning him among the top three most valuable living artists. Major Thanks to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beeple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@beeple<\/a> + <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/makersplaceco?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@makersplaceco<\/a>. More details to be released shortly<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christie\u2019s (@ChristiesInc) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristiesInc\/status\/1370027970560106497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The piece \u2018Everydays: The First 5000 Days\u2019 is a collage of Beeple\u2019s thousands of works published online since 2007. The <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/christies-to-auction-beeple-nft\">announced<\/a> auction on February 16 \u2014 the starting price was $100.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>At the end of February, Beeple&#8217;s NFT token featuring Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/beeples-trump-nft-crossroad-resold-for-6-6-million\">for $6.6 million<\/a> was resold. In December 2020, the artist earned $582,000 for \u201cCrossroad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>In March, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/jack-dorsey-puts-his-first-tweet-up-for-sale-justin-sun-offers-2-million\">listed for sale<\/a> his first tweet as an NFT. At the time of writing, the top bid had reached $2.5 million. Dorsey promised <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/jack-dorsey-to-donate-proceeds-from-first-tweet-sale-to-charity\">to donate<\/a> the proceeds to charity.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>As reported, the NFT copy of Banksy\u2019s burned painting titled \u201cMorons\u201d sold for <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/nft-copy-of-burned-banksy-painting-sells-for-228-eth\">228.69 ETH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog\u2019s channel on YouTube!<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British auction house Christie\u2019s sold the non-fungible token (NFT) by Mike Winkelman, known by the moniker Beeple. 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