NFT artist Beeple sold at auction for $29,000,000
NFT artist Mike Winkelman (Beeple) acquired for nearly $29 million at Christie's auction. The work is called HUMAN ONE.
It is a sculpture of the height of 2 m. The column is made of mahogany and covered with LED displays. The screens show a man in a silver spacesuit. The sculpture is designed so that viewers can see the man moving through different landscapes.
The work, presented in NFT format, was scheduled to sell for $15 million. But in the end the final bid was $28.985 million.
A huge congratulations to .@Beeple whose "Human One" artwork sold at Christie's 21st Century Evening Sale for $28.9M USD.
pic.twitter.com/PcCoGMpYuQ - Farokh.eth (@farokh)
Another huge moment for NFTs and for the culture we are all trying to build within the traditional art world. Keep going my friends!
November 10, 2021 Note that in March of 2021 a work entitled The First 5000 Days was sold at . It fetched $60.3 million, but with the commission to the buyer Beeple's work cost $69.3 million.
