The 5 Most Expensive NFTs Ever Sold
From Beeple to Pak — when digital art meets record-breaking value
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1. Beeple – Everydays: The First 5000 Days (2021)
Price: $69.3 million — Christie’s Auction, March 2021
In 2021, the art world was shaken when Everydays: The First 5000 Days by Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) sold for nearly $70 million at Christie’s.
This monumental digital collage, made up of 5000 daily images, became a symbol of the NFT revolution — where art, technology, and blockchain finally met.
Beeple’s work questions our relationship with digital memory, time, and the constant flow of online images. It’s not just an artwork — it’s a visual diary of the internet age.
💬 "It’s the next chapter in art history," said Beeple, proving that a JPEG can stand next to a Da Vinci.
2. Pak – The Merge (2021)
Price: $91.8 million — Nifty Gateway, December 2021
In December 2021, the mysterious digital artist Pak broke all records with The Merge, sold for a combined $91.8 million.
Unlike traditional art, this NFT wasn’t a single piece — but a mass participation experiment.
Over 28,000 collectors bought “mass tokens” that merged together, forming one collective work.
Pak redefined what ownership and value mean in the NFT era — proving that concept can be more valuable than uniqueness.
A digital artwork owned by thousands, yet existing as one.
3. Pak & Julian Assange – Clock (2022)
Price: $52.7 million — Censored Collection, 2022
Created by Pak in collaboration with Julian Assange, Clock counts the days the WikiLeaks founder has spent in prison.
This minimalist yet powerful NFT sold for $52.7 million, entirely funded by a collective called AssangeDAO.
It’s a political artwork, not just a visual one — transforming blockchain into a tool for activism and transparency.
Art becomes time, and time becomes protest.
4. Beeple – HUMAN ONE (2021)
Price: $28.9 million — Christie’s Auction, November 2021
Beeple strikes again — this time with HUMAN ONE, a hybrid between sculpture and NFT.
It’s a dynamic installation: a box of four LED screens showing a futuristic astronaut walking endlessly through digital landscapes that Beeple can update in real-time.
The piece explores how our physical and digital identities evolve together — the perfect metaphor for today’s “phygital” art.
HUMAN ONE is alive — changing, updating, evolving with time, just like us.
5. CryptoPunk #5822 – by Larva Labs (2022)
Price: $23.7 million — Private Sale, February 2022
Among the iconic CryptoPunks, #5822 stands out — one of only nine “Alien” punks ever created.
Sold for 23.7 million dollars, it symbolizes the power of collectible art and the rise of NFTs as status symbols.
CryptoPunks aren’t just profile pictures; they are digital relics — the prehistoric fossils of the NFT universe.
A punk that started a cultural movement.
From Pixels to Prestige
The journey from Everydays to CryptoPunks tells one story: digital art is no longer virtual — it’s valuable.
From creative experimentation to cultural phenomenon, NFTs have redefined what art means in the age of blockchain.
And this is only the beginning.
The Merge by Pak (2021)
