Beeple’s NFT sells at Christie’s for $69.3 million

The British auction house Christie’s sold the non-fungible token (NFT) by Mike Winkelman, known by the moniker Beeple. A total of 353 bids were placed.

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.@beeple ‘s ‘The First 5000 Days’, 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 @beeple + @makersplaceco. More details to be released shortly

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— Christie’s (@ChristiesInc) March 11, 2021

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The piece ‘Everydays: The First 5000 Days’ is a collage of Beeple’s thousands of works published online since 2007. The announced auction on February 16 — the starting price was $100.

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At the end of February, Beeple’s NFT token featuring Trump for $6.6 million was resold. In December 2020, the artist earned $582,000 for “Crossroad.”

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In March, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey listed for sale his first tweet as an NFT. At the time of writing, the top bid had reached $2.5 million. Dorsey promised to donate the proceeds to charity.

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As reported, the NFT copy of Banksy’s burned painting titled “Morons” sold for 228.69 ETH.

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