Curio Cards

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Curio Cards
Platform(s) Ethereum
ReleaseMay 2017
Genre(s) Collectable

Curio Cards are non-fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. They were initially created in 2017 to raise money for a group of seven different artists. Renewed interest in NFTs, coinciding with a cryptocurrency bubble, lead to a complete collection of Curio Cards being sold for ETH393 ($1,267,320) at the Christie's Post-War to Present auction in October 2021. [1] [2]

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Background

Curio Cards were developed by Travis Uhrig, Thomas Hunt, and Rhett Creighton, and launched on May 9, 2017. At launch, they cost $1 each, which was paid to the artists. [1] Curio Cards feature multiple sets of 30 unique digital images by seven different artists. [1] Curio Cards are colloquially considered to be the first collection of NFT artworks on the Ethereum blockchain. [2] [3] [4] [5] On October 1, 2021, a complete collection of Curio Cards, including the digital misprint "17b", was sold by an anonymous seller for $1.2 million at Christie's Post-War to Present auction held in New York. [1] [6] This was the first Christie's auction where bidding was conducted solely using Ethereum cryptocurrency. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Nover, Scott (October 2021). "Early NFT collection Curio Cards makes its debut at Christie's". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  2. 1 2 de León, Riley (2021-10-01). "Doodles used to create Gary Vaynerchuk NFT collection sell for $1.2 million in Christie's auction". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. ↑ "Christie's Is Now Accepting Ether in Exchange for Ethereum's Earliest NFTs". Observer. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  4. ↑ "The Results of Christie's Eclectic 'Postwar to Present' Auction Shows Today's Buyers Have a Speculative Eye and a Nose for Novelty". Artnet News. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  5. ↑ "Non-Fungible Tokens: How 'Punk' Crypto Trend Gave Rise To NFTs For Digital Art". IndiaTimes. 2021-09-05. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  6. ↑ "Art Industry News: On a Quest to 'Spread Korean Culture Through the World,' K-Pop Superstars BTS Offer a Gift to the Met + Other Stories". Artnet News. 21 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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