These are the 7 most expensive NFTs in the world that have been sold
Between the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, NFTs were talked about as the new market economy based on non-fungible tokens, that is, on nothing physical that could be touched, on property titles in digital format registered on a blockchain, just like cryptocurrencies, which, for many, made no sense. In mid-2021, the NFT bubble almost suddenly burst huge losses for all the people who had decided to bet on it, losses of several tens of millions.
Although we can still find NFTs for sale today, the price at which we can find it is much lower than that of its golden age and two years after its collapse, it is still a form of investment with little or no profit. If you want to know which were the most expensive NFTs in the golden age of this technology that only had 6 months of life, we invite you to continue reading.
- 91.8 million dollars. Unlike other NFTs, the work The Merge, by the artist Pack, was divided into 312,686 parts that were acquired by almost 30,000 collectors, raising just over 90 million dollars through tokens. Depending on the number of tokens that each tester paid, the visual composition was different
- 69.3 million dollars. This is the amount paid by the buyer of this NFT in February 2021 through an auction at Christie’s. It is a collage format for 5,000 works by graphic designer Mike Winkelmann who, since 2007, posted a different image on his Instagram profile image, hence the title of the work: The First 5000 Days.
- 52.7 million dollars. It is a timer that counts the number of days that Julian Assange has spent in prison. This NFT, called Clock, has been designed by Assange together with the digital artist Pak and all the profits went to AssangeDAO’s organization dedicated to selling NFTs.
- 28.9 million dollars. Mike Winkelmann, better known as Beeple, is also behind the third most expensive NFT sold worldwide called HUMAN ONE, a work that was also auctioned by Christie’s gallery. It is a 3-dimensional sculpture with 4 digital screens that show an infinitive video of an astronaut walking through different places throughout the day.
- 23.7 million dollars. CryptoPunk #5822, sold for 8,000 ETH in February 2022, is part of a collection of 9 that make up the entire collection and whose value was justified at the time by being the only one with a bandana on his head. The CryptoPunk #7523, is the fourth most expensive NFT and whose main identified feature is that it wears a mask. It was auctioned in June 2021 for $11.75 million. This collection is in the best selling NFTs.
- 24.3 million dollars. This is the amount paid by the buyer of the NFT Bored Aple Yacht Club collection, a collection made up of 101 images of apes with different expressions and poses. This NFTs is one of the most recognized in the world and has always been set as an example of this technology related to the blockchain.
- 6.6 million dollars. Once again, we find a work by the artist Beeple. It is a 10-second video of two alternative endings that depended on the result of the 2020 American elections, with Donald Trump as the protagonist in both cases.