Tag: Ape

Curiosities is a column where I preserve for posterity the “you can’t make this up” parts of the art news. Below, some questions posed by the events of the last week…   1) When Will This Outbreak of Bored Ape Fever Peak? I am really trying to not make this an NFT news column, but here we are, with the news of the week ...

Sotheby’s “Ape In!” sale achieved $26.2 million, setting a record for an NFT auction at the house. The sale, which took place this morning, had been initially estimated to bring in between $12 million and $19 million. It surpassed the result from Sotheby’s “Natively Digital” sale in June, which realized $17 million. (NFT sales are denominated in dollars, but payments are usually made in ...