Christie's is a historic auction house that has become a significant venue for NFT and digital art sales, including the landmark March 2021 sale of Beeple's Everydays: The First 5000 Days for $69,346,250, the highest price paid for an NFT at auction at that time. Christie's's Twitter Score is 159 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #3,428 (top 1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Christie's was founded by James Christie and is owned by Groupe Artémis as its parent company. The Beeple sale was also notable as the first time Christie's accepted Ether as payment for an artwork, marking a turning point in how major auction houses engage with cryptocurrency. In October 2021, Christie's held the Curio Cards auction, the first of its sales where bidding was conducted entirely in Ethereum.
Christie's launched Christie's 3.0 in 2022, a blockchain-based auction platform dedicated to digital art. In July 2023, Christie's collaborated with Gucci on Future Frequencies, a 21-NFT generative art and fashion auction held on Christie's 3.0. Christie's also operates Christie's Ventures, a venture arm focused on art and technology companies, including those working in Web3 and blockchain, and has received backing from LayerZero Labs. Christie's additionally hosts the Art+Tech Summit, a recurring forum covering digital art, AI, and NFTs.
Christie's has accumulated 183,960 followers as of August 2026 on Twitter since 2009 and has published 15,189 posts. Christie's has been mentioned by 1,274 accounts, with 7,164 total mentions.
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