Serious question, did you know the first digital art piece sold for over $69 million?

I just read that in an old article about the Christie's auction... my brain still can't process that number for a file. Anyone else have a fact that made you just stop and stare?

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elliotl243mo ago

Man that sale broke my brain too. What gets me is how it changed the whole idea of collecting. Before that, owning art meant having a physical thing you could touch. Now the bragging right is literally just a line of code saying you own it. Feels like we're paying for pure concept now.

sam_anderson3mo ago

Pure concept" is exactly it. We're basically buying the idea of ownership now, not the thing itself. That's a wild shift in what we even think value is.

river_bailey218d ago

Cracked up reading your comment because it hits too close to home. I spent way too much on a digital trading card once and my bank account still hasn't forgiven me. It's basically like paying for a receipt and calling it treasure. And yeah, the bragging rights are just a line of code, but somehow I still feel cooler owning it. My wallet hates me, but my ego loves the flex.