Curio Cards are collectible digital artworks located on the Ethereum blockchain. Created in 2017, Curio Cards are commonly viewed as the first digital art collectibles on the Ethereum blockchain.[1] In October 2021, a complete collection of Curio Cards, including the card "17b" misprint, was sold for ETH393 ($1,267,320) at the Christie's Post-War to Present auction.[2] The collection was tested for security vulnerabilities in September 2021 by softstack (formerly known as Chainsulting).[3]
| Curio Cards | |
|---|---|
| Platform(s) | Ethereum |
| Release | May 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Collectable |
Background
editThe Curio Cards concept, developed by Travis Uhrig, Thomas Hunt, and Rhett Creighton, launched on May 9, 2017.[4] Curio Cards feature multiple sets of 30 unique cards that profile artwork by seven different artists.[4] Curio Cards is colloquially considered to be the first collection of NFT artworks on the Ethereum blockchain.[1][5][6][7] 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.[4][8] This was the first Christie's auction where bidding was conducted solely using Ethereum cryptocurrency.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b León, Riley de (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.
- ^ Gonzalez, Oscar. "You can get a free DC x Palm NFT tomorrow. What to know about the digital tokens now". CNET. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ^ "Smart Contract Audit for Curio Cards" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ a b c d Nover, Scott (October 2021). "Early NFT collection Curio Cards makes its debut at Christie's". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- ^ "Christie's Is Now Accepting Ether in Exchange for Ethereum's Earliest NFTs". Observer. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Non-Fungible Tokens: How 'Punk' Crypto Trend Gave Rise To NFTs For Digital Art". IndiaTimes. 2021-09-05. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- ^ "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.