Brussels, Europe Brief News – NFTs are digital assets with unique qualities. They have led to the development of unique digital artworks and growth in the collecting sector, translating to some eye-watering prices. We will look at the 11 most expensive NFTs ever sold.
1. Ocean Front 11
(1/4)🤩Here let’s enjoy @beeple‘s NFT artwork “OCEAN FRONT” that I successfully won a bid for!
“OCEAN FRONT” expresses Beeple’s concerns on global climate change, a profound message of the need for environmental protection. pic.twitter.com/zGXWyyPgmO
— H.E. Justin Sun 🅣🌞🇬🇩 (@justinsuntron) March 30, 2021
Ocean Front The artwork depicts piled trucks and containers amid an ocean. A tree grows on top of the dystopian artificial items, while mushrooms grow underneath it.
2. Everydays: The first 5000 Days
Every single day for the last 13 years, the digital artist Beeple has created a unique artwork from start to finish as part of his monumental ongoing series, EVERYDAYS.
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This month, we will of…#beeple #digitalart #digitalartist #artist #art #thefirst5000days #nft @beeple_crap pic.twitter.com/4VjcZp4rWq— Christie’s (@ChristiesInc) February 16, 2021
This NFT by digital artist Mike ‘Beeple’ Winkelmann sold for $69.3 million. It’s a collage of 5,000 Beeple artworks. This was the first time the centuries-old auction house offered digital-only paintings.
3. Right Click and Save As Guy
Right-click and Save As guyhttps://t.co/4KbjnmAPPe circa 2018
They said it at $100 they’ll still say it at $100,000 #cryptoart https://t.co/m8YBGEWCfO pic.twitter.com/8SXLQZxK6W
— XCOPY 🏴 (@XCOPYART) August 19, 2020
Right, Click and Save As Guy is the second piece on the list from London-based artist Xcopy, whose work has become some of the most sought-after in the NFT realm. Right-click and Save As Guy were auctioned for $7.08 million.
4. CryptoPunk #7523
Moments ago in our #London saleroom, an extremely rare “Alien” CryptoPunk #7523 from the collection of @sillytuna sold for $11.8M as part of our #NativelyDigital NFT auction – setting a new world auction record for a single CryptoPunk. pic.twitter.com/PDVUSttI3o
— Sotheby’s (@Sothebys) June 10, 2021
Punk #7523 is one of the 175 characters wearing a medical mask and the only Alien character in the collection. The NFT was sold at Sotheby’s in June for $11.8 million.
5. CryptoPunk #7804
Today is the Cryptopunks 4 year anniversary! 🎉🎊🍾 Here’s a quick look back at a very eventful year: https://t.co/N9drUWthVT
— CryptoPunks (@cryptopunksnfts) June 23, 2021
CryptoPunk #7804, this crypto series NFT was sold for $7.67 million, maintaining a worldwide record. A rise in the price of Ethereum at the time gave this NFT an edge.
6. Crossroad
CROSSROAD
By @beepleThe #1/1 from beeple’s first NG drop has just resold on the secondary market for $6.6 million.
History has just been made.
Congrats to beeple and of course to @pablorfraile for the sale. pic.twitter.com/mTYG4VABSw
— Nifty Gateway (@niftygateway) February 25, 2021
At $6.6 million, another famous Beeple artwork is among the priciest NFTs ever sold. A blown-up (figuratively) Donald Trump with insults spray-painted on his bare torso caused quite a stir when it was released.
7. Human One
introducing HUMAN ONE pic.twitter.com/eysmH6WkOY
— beeple (@beeple) October 28, 2021
This sculpture marked a milestone in the NFT area owing to its dynamic physical/digital character. The art itself depicts a human figure traveling through ever-changing environments in 3D.
8. Ringers 109
Ringer #109 just sold for 2,100 ETH ($6.9M). This is now the highest @artblocks_io sale to date 👀 pic.twitter.com/vK20X98ZYy
— nft now 💭 (@nftnow) October 2, 2021
This Art Blocks algorithm builds loops around pegs as a 3D image, interactive element, or static picture. Compared to the rest of Art Blocks’ work, this NFT has a unique look. The balanced wrap orientation, the loop, and the white background are unusual Art Blocks qualities. This NFT got sold for US$6.9.
9. CryptoPunk #3100
CryptoPunk 3100 is amongst the most costly NFTs ever sold. Sold #3100 for $7.58 million in March 2021.
10. A Ferryman’s Coin
A Coin for the Ferryman – 1/1
💥New #crypto #art release over @SuperRare_co #bitcoin #banker #ETH pic.twitter.com/dLQgervQOw— XCOPY 🏴 (@XCOPYART) April 20, 2018
A Coin for the Ferryman, one of Xcopy’s first works, captures the artist’s gloomy and dismal thematic goals, which he would explore passionately across most of his work.
11. Merge
⚪m(4143) #149 owned by cl7 keeps growing.
19 merges in the last 30 minutes, including a 🟡m(517) and a 🟡m(385). pic.twitter.com/PASz1DlRa9
— Pak (@muratpak) February 15, 2022
The Merge, created by digital artist Pak, sold for an astonishing $91.8 on Nifty Gateway. The Merge is a fragmented work of art. As this example indicates, the NFT was sold in chunks of ‘mass’ assembled to produce the finished work.
