Beeple NFT fetches nearly $29 million at Christie’s auction

Christie’s sells Beeple NFT for $28.985 million.

Britain’s auction house Christie’s продал non-fungible token (NFT) by Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, for $28.985 million.

A huge congratulations to .@Beeple whose “Human One” artwork sold at the Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale for $28.9M USD.

Another huge moment for NFTs and for the culture we are all trying to build within the traditional art world. Keep going my friends! pic.twitter.com/PcCoGMpYuQ

— Farokh.eth (@farokh) November 10, 2021

HUMAN ONE — a physical sculpture of a man in a spacesuit, moving through varied climate conditions.

Beeple wrote that he could not believe what was happening.

still in absolute disbelief of reality. ✨

— beeple (@beeple) November 10, 2021

In March 2021, Christie’s sold Beeple’s NFT \”Everydays: The First 5000 Days\” for a record $69.3 million. The final bid stood at $60.3 million, but the price also included commissions.

Earlier in October, CryptoPunk #9998 was sold for a record 124,457 ETH ($532 million at the time of the transaction). However, the deal turned out to be fictitious – the owner sold the token to himself.

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