Software:Curio Cards
| Curio Cards | |
|---|---|
| Platform(s) | Ethereum |
| Release | May 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Collectable |
Curio Cards is an early art project on the Ethereum blockchain, which became popular after renewed interests in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in 2021. The project was created in 2017 to introduce digital art collecting to Ethereum, generate awareness of crypto and support artists through it.[1] The full set of Curio Cards consists of 30 cards, with artwork by seven different artists, as well as the misprint card "17b".[1] After being identified as the first art NFTs on Ethereum, a complete collection of Curio Cards was sold for ETH393 ($1,267,320) at the Christie's Post-War to Present auction in October 2021.[2][3]
Background
Curio Cards was developed by Travis Uhrig, Thomas Hunt, and Rhett Creighton, and launched on May 9, 2017. At launch, they sold for $0.50–$1 each, which was paid to the artists.[2] Curio Cards feature multiple sets of 30 unique digital images by seven different artists.[2] Curio Cards are colloquially considered to be the first collection of NFT artworks on the Ethereum blockchain.[3][4][5][6] 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.[2][7] This was the first Christie's auction where bidding was conducted solely using Ethereum cryptocurrency.[2]
See also
- List of most expensive non-fungible tokens
- CryptoPunks
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alice, Robert (22 October 2025). On NFTs (Revised ed.). Germany: TASCHEN. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-3836593458.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Nover, Scott (October 2021). "Early NFT collection Curio Cards makes its debut at Christie's" (in en). https://qz.com/2067917/early-nft-collection-curio-cards-makes-its-debut-at-christies/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 de León, Riley (2021-10-01). "Doodles used to create Gary Vaynerchuk NFT collection sell for $1.2 million in Christie's auction" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/01/christies-auctioned-gary-vaynerchuks-nft-art-for-1point2-million.html.
- ↑ "Christie's Is Now Accepting Ether in Exchange for Ethereum's Earliest NFTs" (in en-US). 2021-09-21. https://observer.com/2021/09/christies-is-now-accepting-ether-in-exchange-for-ethereums-earliest-nfts/.
- ↑ "The Results of Christie's Eclectic 'Postwar to Present' Auction Shows Today's Buyers Have a Speculative Eye and a Nose for Novelty" (in en-US). 4 October 2021. https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-eclectic-post-war-present-auction-results-2016660.
- ↑ "Non-Fungible Tokens: How 'Punk' Crypto Trend Gave Rise To NFTs For Digital Art" (in en-IN). 2021-09-05. https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/non-fungible-tokens-history-crypto-digital-art-548624.html.
- ↑ "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" (in en-US). 21 September 2021. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-sept-21-2-2011316.
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