The Verge

Why a $30 million CryptoPunks auction fell apart at the last minute

In the Sotheby’s salesroom one evening in late February, fluorescent lights beamed down on the assembled crowd. A sea of spectators is not unusual for Sotheby’s — the 278-year-old auction house ...
Artnet

Sotheby’s Expected to Sell 104 CryptoPunks for a Record $30 Million. Instead, the Collection Was Pulled Just Before the Sale

Sotheby’s planned to make history on February 23 with a single-lot sale of 104 CryptoPunks, estimated to fetch between $20 million to $30 million. Instead, the collection—which carried the ...
Benzinga.com

CryptoPunks Auction Brings 104 NFTs To Sotheby's: Here's The Details And How Much They Might Land

Leading auction house Sotheby’s is continuing its trend of giving rare and highly valuable non-fungible tokens the premier auction treatment. Here are the details on a lot of 104 CryptoPunks. What ...
Artnet

The Largest Group of CryptoPunks to Ever Come to Auction Will Be Offered at Sotheby’s. It Could Bring in $30 Million

Sotheby’s announced it will hold a single-lot sale featuring 104 CryptoPunks with a “landmark” estimate of $20 million to $30 million—the highest asking price to date for an NFT (non-fungible token) ...
CoinDesk

Sotheby’s to Auction 104 CryptoPunks for Estimated $20M-$30M

Sotheby’s is listing 104 CryptoPunk non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a live New York City auction set for Feb. 23. The collection, to be sold as a single lot, is estimated by Sotheby's to fetch between ...
Forbes

As Sotheby’s Prepares To Auction 104 CryptoPunks For $30 Million, It’s Time To Ask Whether NFTs Are Morally Bankrupt

When CryptoPunk 9998 went on the market for $558 million in 2021, the seller didn’t have to look hard to find a buyer because both were the same person. The NFT’s record-breaking price was reported ...
CoinTelegraph

CryptoPunks 'have changed the history of art,' says panel at Sotheby's auction

CryptoPunks enthusiasts and hopeful bidders gathered Wednesday night at Sotheby's auction house in New York City for what turned out to be a non-event after the consignor of 104 CryptoPunks decided to ...
Barron's

Single Lot of 104 CryptoPunks Could Net More Than $20 Million

A single lot of 104 CryptoPunks by New York-based studio Larva Labs will be offered at a live evening auction at Sotheby’s on Feb. 23 with an estimate of between US$20 million and US$30 million.
TechCrunch

NFT phenom CryptoPunks was just sold to a nonprofit

Yuga Labs, known as the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club and other notable NFTs, sold its iconic CryptoPunks to the nonprofit NODE Foundation, which focuses on preserving digital art. The deal details ...
CoinTelegraph

Seller 'rugs' $30M CryptoPunks collection minutes before Sotheby’s auction

After pulling out of $30 million Sotheby’s auction just minutes before it was set to go live, the anonymous NFT collector made fun of the luxury art auction house on Twitter. NFT enthusiasts and fine ...
CoinDesk

Sotheby’s Withdraws Lot of 104 CryptoPunks Minutes Before Expected Auction

NEW YORK — A collection of 104 CryptoPunks expected to be sold for up to $30 million was put on ice Wednesday during a much-anticipated auction at Sotheby’s. A Sotheby’s representative said the seller ...
Inc

CryptoPunks Proved People Will Pay Lots of Money for Digital Tokens

CryptoPunks. Free to Claim. Edited by Yuga Labs and Zak Group. Photo: Phaidon If you think about it too much, it seems kind of crazy that anyone would drop six figures for a digital rendering of a ...