First purely Digital Artwork to be sold at Christie’s as an NFT

Screenshot taken of Auction House Christie’s website, 24/02/2021

Beeple's "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" is the first purely digital artwork sold at Christie’s. The NFT (Non-fungible token) for this was minted by the digital marketplace MakersPlace on 16 February 2021. “Everydays” will be offered online from 25 February to 11 March 2021, and payment can be completed in Ethereum (ETH). This event reflects the rapidly growing importance of digital art and its entry into the mainstream channels of the art market as we know it. Beyond that, however, it shows that NFTs are being adopted as the digital certificate of ownership, authenticity, and provenance that the digital world needs and wants. For us at Arcades, it is a confirmation of the path we are taking, except we believe that we take this one step further: building cyber-physical “twin” systems will enable both the digitalization of physical artworks and -importantly- the physical representation of digital art in residential, gallery, and other settings. We build the technologies that enable a seamless experience of digital and physical artwork, and all the creative hybrids in between, including artistic virtual and augmented realities.

Read more: MakersPlace
Go to auction: Christie’s

Screenshot from Auction House Christie’s website, before the lot opens; 24/02/2021.

Screenshot from Auction House Christie’s website, before the lot opens, including smart contract address and special notice that payment can be completed with Ether; 24/02/2021.