{"id":36570,"date":"2021-02-17T10:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T08:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=36570"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T03:59:51","slug":"christies-to-auction-beeple-nft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/christies-to-auction-beeple-nft\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie\u2019s to auction Beeple NFT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Britain&#8217;s auction house Christie\u2019s has for the first time put up for sale a non-fungible token (NFT). The work Everydays: The First 5000 Days was created by Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Christie\u2019s is proud to offer \\&#8221;Everydays \u2014 The First 5000 Days\\&#8221; by <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beeple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@beeple<\/a> as the first purely digital work of art ever offered by a major auction house. Bidding will be open from Feb 25-Mar 11.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more here <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/srx95HCE0o\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/srx95HCE0o<\/a> | NFT issued in partnership w\/ <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/makersplaceco?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@makersplaceco<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/zymq2DSjy7\\\">pic.twitter.com\/zymq2DSjy7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christie\u2019s (@ChristiesInc) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristiesInc\/status\/1361670588608176128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe work is a collage of thousands of Winkelmann\u2019s works published online since 2007. At the end of 2020, Beeple earned $3.5m at NFT auctions.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/onlineonly.christies.com\/s\/first-open-beeple\/beeple-b-1981-1\/112924\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">the auction page<\/a>, it will run from February 25 to March 11, with a starting price of $100. The buyer will receive the artwork with a unique NFT encrypted with Beeple\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMinted exclusively for Christie\u2019s in February 2021, the monumental digital collage will be Beeple\u2019s first work sold at a major auction. This is also the first-ever purely digital artwork offered at a traditional auction with authenticity guaranteed by blockchain,\u201d the lot description states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In January 2021, the Topps Digital <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bernie-sanders-mitten-meme-immortalised-in-collectible-nft-cards\">introduced 18 NFT cards<\/a> featuring Senator Bernie Sanders in mittens.<\/p>\n<p>In early February, actress Lindsay Lohan sold the NFT Lightning at the Rarible auction <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/lindsay-lohan-sells-bitcoin-nft-at-auction-price-tops-70000\">for $70,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, on February 16, Charlie Lee, the creator of Litecoin, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/litecoin-creator-predicts-nft-crash\">predicted a crash for NFTs<\/a> due to their \u201czero cost\u201d to create.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, billionaire Mark Cuban said that non-fungible tokens could <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/mark-cuban-defi-and-nfts-hold-huge-potential-for-the-next-decade\">be incredibly popular<\/a> in the next ten years.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news stream, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain&#8217;s auction house Christie\u2019s has for the first time put up for auction a non-fungible token (NFT). 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