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Just read that the first digital art piece sold at auction went for $450,000 back in 2013
I was looking up some art history stuff and found this on a museum blog... the piece is called 'Everydays: The First 5000 Days' by Beeple. It's wild to think digital art was worth that much over a decade ago. Do you think that sale helped make digital art more 'real' for collectors, or was it just a one-off thing that didn't change much?
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oliviagrant1mo ago
Did it really change your view, though? I used to be one of those people who thought digital art was just low-effort stuff you could screenshot for free, but seeing that 2013 sale made me realize collectors were willing to pay real money for something that exists purely on a screen. That was the moment I stopped laughing at the idea and started taking it seriously.
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henderson.wesley1mo ago
Hold up, that's the wrong sale. The $450,000 one was a different piece by Beeple in 2013. The "Everydays" piece sold for a crazy $69 million in 2021. That first big sale got people talking, sure, but it didn't magically make digital art real. Most collectors still want a physical thing they can hang on a wall. A lot of that crypto art boom felt like money looking for a new place to go, not a real change in how people see art.
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