2021 is a year when NFTs are in full bloom.Various types of NFTs have been sold at sky-high prices.
NFT is gaining momentum,Binance also took advantage of the opportunity to announce that it will launch the NFT trading platform in June.
Today, let's take a look at the top ten most expensive NFTs.
In addition to the price of these NFTs, what else is worth paying attention to:
TOP 10
《The Pixel》By: Pak
Final price:$1,355,555
From April 12th to 14th, the works of a mysterious digital artist Pak were listed in the world's top auction house-Sotheby's.
The starting price of "The Pixel" was $1, and the final hammer price was $1.35 million.
Pak's artistic style has been controversial. Some people say that Pak is the future of art, but some people sneer at Pak's work.
Pak is a black and white "o" in the public's impression. Some people call Pak "The Nothing". Whether Pak is a man or a woman, an individual or a team, is still a mystery. It wasn't until Pak's work was put up for auction that Pak was willing to accept interviews with a voice changer.
The art world’s enthusiastic pursuit of anonymous art has also made collectors more enamored of Pak’s works. For example, the collector Eric Young who photographed The Pixel once stated that “Pak is not the kind of moderate role”.
Returning to the work, this seemingly monotonous pure gray work is visually presented by a single pixel, and the auction house describes it as "This is a symbol, marking the most basic unit of a traditional global auction house's digital image. Bring digital art into a tiny point in the potential future history."
TOP 9
《The Switch》By: Pak
Final price：$1,444,444
"The Switch" and "The Pixel" are the same auction items, the same starting price is $1, and the final hammer price is $1.44 million.
"The Switch" is an interactive programming artwork. The description says, "It symbolizes the evolution of artwork in the digital realm. The owner of this NFT can use it and produce a certain irreversible effect."
However, what irreversible effects will be produced is still a mystery for the time being.
TOP 8
《DESTINATION HEXAGONIA》 By: Don Diablo
Final price：$1,670,544
This is a 60-minute NFT concert, produced by well-known DJ and producer Don Diablo, who was voted the 6th among the top 100 DJs in DJ Mag in 2019.
This concert was specially created for auction. It is said that it took more than a year to shoot, and collectors who successfully photographed NFT will get a U disk containing video files.
TOP 7
《Death Dip》By: XCOPY
Final price：$2,784,240
XCOPY is a “veteran” level digital artist. As early as 2018, when the NFT was not yet popular, XCOPY was constantly casting NFTs.
Three years ago, "Death Dip" was sold to collectors for 0.7 ETH, about $410. Recently, "Death Dip" was resold for USD 2.78 million. Due to copyright protection, at the time of resale, 100 ETH royalties had been sent directly to XCOPY's wallet.
TOP 6
《DOGE》By:Sato Atsuko
Final price：$4,000,000
Do you know the source of Dogecoin's avatar? It is actually a photo taken by Atsuko Sato for her Shiba Inu Kabosu in 2010. After it was posted on the Internet, it became popular all over the world.
On June 8, Sato Atsuko auctioned this original DOGE photo. After three days of bidding, it was finally sold for 4 million U.S. dollars.
TOP 5
《OCEAN FRONT》By: Beeple
Final price：$6,000,000
This is a one-minute video art, which was successfully auctioned by Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, for US$6 million. He regretted that he missed the Beeple painting "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" before, and this time he finally got his wish.
Beeple also stated on Twitter that it will donate all the proceeds from this auction to the Open Earth Foundation to support global warming climate issues, hoping to make real and meaningful changes through NFT.
TOP 4
《Stay Free》By: Edward Snowden
Final price：$6,192,149
Remember the prism door that once shook the world?
The whistleblower at Prism Gate, Edward Snowden (Edward Snowden) released the first NFT "Stay Free" on April 15.
This artwork is based on the 2015 US court ruling that the Prism Surveillance Project is illegal, combined with Snowden's photo, and has his own signature in the lower right corner.
Therefore, this work also symbolizes the freedom of the press, the free will of the Internet, the deep meaning of challenging authority and embracing the future.
All proceeds from this auction will be donated to the Freedom of the Press Foundation, of which Snowden is a director.
TOP 3
《CROSSROAD》By: Beeple
Final price：$6,600,000
"CROSSROAD" is a 10-second video. What's interesting is that the code of this NFT will change according to an event with unpredictable results, so the buyer is like buying a blind box, not knowing the last "open" How will the “coming out” artwork be presented.
TOP 2
《CryptoPunk #7523》By: Larvalabs
Final price：$11,800,000
CryptoPunk is 10,000 PUNK tokens minted by Larvalabs in 2017. Each PUNK token represents a unique pixel art image.
CryptoPunk #7523 is one of the nine only aliens and the only alien wearing a mask. It is considered the first NFT on ETH.
On June 10th , CryptoPunk #7523 was sold at Sotheby’s Auction House for $11.8 million.
TOP 1
《Everydays: The First 5000 Days》By: Beeple
Final price：$69,346,250
This is an NFT artwork composed of 5,000 works. It was created on May 1st, 2007 and took 13 years. The first work is a portrait of an uncle, and it never stops. "Even the day my daughter was born, I took the time to paint a picture."
These 5,000 paintings may not be of high standard in the eyes of traditional art, but after combining these 5,000 paintings, they represent 5,000-day performance art.
On February 16th, this work started at US$100 and finally sold for more than US$69 million. It was the most expensive NFT artwork in history, and Beeple became the third most expensive artist among living artists!