Curio Cards are collectible digital artworks located on the
Ethereum
Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (abbreviation: ETH) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to bitcoin in market capitalization. It is open-s ...
blockchain
The blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of Record (computer science), records (''blocks'') that are securely linked together via Cryptographic hash function, cryptographic hashes. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of th ...
. Created in 2017, Curio Cards are commonly viewed as the first digital art collectibles on the Ethereum blockchain.
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
Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie (auctioneer), James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, and it has additional salerooms in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Milan, Geneva, Shan ...
''Post-War to Present'' auction. The collection was tested for security vulnerabilities in September 2021 by
softstack (formerly Chainsulting).
Background
The Curio Cards concept, developed by Travis Uhrig, Thomas Hunt, and Rhett Creighton, launched on May 9, 2017.
Curio Cards feature multiple sets of 30 unique cards that profile artwork by seven different artists.
Curio Cards is colloquially considered to be the first collection of
NFT
A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. It cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided. The ownership of an NFT is recorded in the blockchai ...
artworks on the Ethereum blockchain.
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
Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie (auctioneer), James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, and it has additional salerooms in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Milan, Geneva, Shan ...
''Post-War to Present'' auction held in
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
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* ...
.
This was the first Christie's auction where bidding was conducted solely using Ethereum
cryptocurrency
A cryptocurrency (colloquially crypto) is a digital currency designed to work through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it.
Individual coin ownership record ...
.
See also
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List of most expensive non-fungible tokens
This is a list of the highest known prices possibly paid for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) representing digital assets.
Background
Monetization of digital assets as NFTs became possible with the release of Etheria, on the Ethereum blockchain, in 20 ...
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CryptoPunks
''CryptoPunks'' is a non-fungible token (NFT) collection on the Ethereum blockchain. The project was launched in June 2017 by the Larva Labs studio, a two-person team consisting of Canadian software developers Matt Hall and John Watkinson. The ex ...
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