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Five of the world’s leading galleries have come together to present 20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures , an unprecedented international exhibit
Beeple NFT Fetches Record-Breaking $69 Million in Christie’s Sale Share In a first in the history of auctions, a digital artwork sold for more than US $69 million at Christie’s. The artwork, titled Everydays – The First 5000 Days by American artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, is a collage of 5,000 individual images made one-per-day over more than thirteen years. In a tweet on March 11, Christie’s said that the artwork was sold for US $69,346,250 placing Beeple among the “the top three most valuable living artists”. .@beeple 's 'The First 5000 Days', the 1st purely ...
Auctioneer Oliver Barker holding court over Sotheby's global e-auctions. Courtesy of Sotheby's. The art trade is defined by far more than its uppermost echelon. But in an unprecedented year when virtually ever major auction went… well, virtual, top prices serve as a valuable benchmark—and an indication that the world’s wealthiest did not view 2020 as a roadblock to spending big money on art. If we’re judging by auction prices alone, though, the market was still considerably less frothy at the high end this year than in 2019. Last year, nine of the 10 priciest lots brought over $50 mi...