{"id":49179,"date":"2021-09-09T18:25:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T15:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=49179"},"modified":"2025-09-02T11:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:21:47","slug":"sothebys-sells-bored-ape-yacht-club-nft-set-by-yuga-labs-for-24-4-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/sothebys-sells-bored-ape-yacht-club-nft-set-by-yuga-labs-for-24-4-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby\u2019s sells Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT set by Yuga Labs for $24.4 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A set of 107 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from Bored Ape Yacht Club by Yuga Labs went under the hammer at Sotheby\u2019s for $24.4 million. The final price far exceeded the top estimate of $18 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AuctionUpdate?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#AuctionUpdate<\/a> 101 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs just sold for $24.4 million and 101 Bored Ape Kennel Club NFTs achieved $1.8 million in our Ape in! auction \u2014 the most significant <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BAYC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#BAYC<\/a> sale to date. Congrats to all the apes out there \ud83d\udc35\ud83d\udc36 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/e7UghlgtKy\\\">pic.twitter.com\/e7UghlgtKy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sotheby\u2019s (@Sothebys) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sothebys\/status\/1435970840340860930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trading began on September 2. The 107-ape set was valued at $12\u201318 million. However, within four days bids moved beyond the range, and the final price exceeded it by almost a third. The set included &#8216;mutation serums&#8217; that allow the owner to mint a new token featuring a mutated monkey image for free.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">What a stunning mutant ape with M1\/M2 serum<br \/>Thanks <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoredApeYC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@BoredApeYC<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BAYC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#BAYC<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MAYC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#MAYC<\/a><a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ApeFollowApe?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#ApeFollowApe<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ApeTogetherStrong?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#ApeTogetherStrong<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/bsdcj1ung2\\\">pic.twitter.com\/bsdcj1ung2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Xining BAYC#7658 (@Xiningcrypto) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Xiningcrypto\/status\/1433028555563143176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 101-token set from another Yuga Labs collection, Bored Ape Kennel Club, sold for $1.8 million. It was initially valued at a range of $1.5 million to $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Bored Ape Yacht Club collection ranks third by monthly trading volume on the NFT marketplace OpenSea, with 71,153 ETH (~$250.6 million at the time of writing). In first place is CryptoPunks (174,376 ETH), second is Art Blocks Curated (121,897 ETH).<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"433\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/opensea-4-1024x433.png\\\" alt=\\\"Sotheby\u2019s \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430\u043b \u043d\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0440 NFT Bored Ape Yacht Club \u043e\u0442 Yuga Labs \u0437\u0430 $24,4 \u043c\u043b\u043d\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-148834\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/opensea-4-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/opensea-4-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/opensea-4-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/opensea-4.png 1181w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/rankings?sortBy=thirty_day_volume\\\">OpenSea<\/a>.<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Against the backdrop of a crypto market correction, NFT sales also declined. According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/dappradar.com\/ethereum\/marketplaces\/opensea\\\">DappRadar<\/a>, in the last seven days the number of transactions on OpenSea fell by 32%, and trading volume nearly halved. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier in June, Sotheby\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sothebys-sold-the-covid-alien-cryptopunk-nft-for-11-8m\">sold the &#8216;COVID&#8217; NFT from the CryptoPunks collection for 4520 ETH<\/a> ($11.8 million at the time of the deal).<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog\u2019s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A set of 107 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from Bored Ape Yacht Club by Yuga Labs went under the hammer at Sotheby\u2019s for $24.4 million. 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