![]() ![]() ![]() Michael Bouhanna, an associate specialist for Sotheby’s, said “In the anti-establishment spirit of the early days of the blockchain movement, the CryptoPunks were conceived as a collection of misfits and non-conformists in an ode to the 1970s London punk scene. Each of them is accompanied by a wax-sealed envelope, rubber-stamped and containing a “paper wallet”, a mnemonic code that provides access to a unique Ethereum-based token. These artworks contain particular characteristics in appearance like black lipstick, green eye shadow, crazy hair, luxurious beard, and police cap. The 24 signed prints created at the inception of CryptoPunks are rare already, these NFTs are being offered this month, #6347, #770, #872, #1819, #2830, each going for just over 100,000 GBP. That NFT was acquired by Shalom Meckenzie, the largest shareholder in DraftKings. Previously, “Alien” Punk #7523, was sold for a whopping $11.8 million at Sotheby’s, setting a record for a single CryptoPunk sale. The CryptoPunks was one of the earliest NFT projects and has pushed the Crypto-Art movement.ġ0,000 of these works were released for only a small transaction fee, but interest has risen recently. The bidding is open up to July 1st, created in 2017 by artists Matt Hall and John Watkinson, the founder of Larva Labs. The Cryptopunk History and 5 Prints Up for Sale Bidding is open for five extremely rare CryptoPunks via Sotheby’s, of the 10,000 created, only 24 were issued in physical as well as digital form and signed by co-creator John Watkinson. ![]()
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