{"id":25273,"date":"2023-12-27T13:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T13:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/sothebys-digital-art-sales-soar-to-new-heights-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T13:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T13:01:58","slug":"sothebys-digital-art-sales-soar-to-new-heights-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/sothebys-digital-art-sales-soar-to-new-heights-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby&#8217;s Digital Art Sales Soar to New Heights in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sotheby\u2019s claims about $35 million in sales of digital art in a ground-breaking year, a monumental accomplishment in the NFT area.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president of Sotheby\u2019s emphasizes the first live digital art auction\u2019s success and the record-breaking sale of \u201cRingers #879,\u201d which point to a booming market for digital creation.<\/p>\n<p>Almost $35 million in sales in the digital art space marks the successful end of 2023 for Sotheby\u2019s, a well-known international art broker and auction company. As Head of Digital Art and Vice President of Sotheby\u2019s, Michael Bouhanna calls 2023 \u201cone of the most exciting years for digital art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first live digital art auction by Sotheby\u2019s, which drew 300 attendees and generated $12 million in sales, was the turning point. Notably, Dmitri Cherniak\u2019s NFT, \u201cRingers #879,\u201d sold for an astounding $6.2 million, setting a record for the highest price ever paid for digital art at the auction house.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the year, Sotheby\u2019s led more than twenty-five auctions that were solely focused on digital art or included it in modern art sales. In order to enable secondary trading of NFTs, the institution also made a digital leap by establishing Sotheby\u2019s Metaverse, an on-chain marketplace.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong>177% up to 5BTC + 77 <strong> Free Spins<\/strong>!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. Exclusive Welcome Bonus of 177% + 77 Free Spins <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bouhanna revealed these astounding accomplishments and laid out the strategic plan for the future in a recent post on X, the former Twitter. In the upcoming year, Sotheby\u2019s wants to refocus on \u201csupporting creators and enhancing their primary market strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An established auction house, Sotheby\u2019s was first active in the NFT market in April 2021 when it auctioned off a piece created by digital artist Pak, whose real name is not known. Ever since, the auction house has broken several records for sales of digital art, therefore establishing itself as a leader in the rapidly changing NFT market.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/sothebys-digital-art-sales-soar-to-new-heights-in-2023\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org ) Sotheby\u2019s claims about $35 million in sales of digital art in a ground-breaking year, a monumental accomplishment in the NFT area. 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