Top 10 Most Expensive NFTs Sold So Far in the World

With an increase in the popularity of NFTs, the investors are keen on delving deeper into the NFT marketplace. Talking about NFTs, what interests the investors is its pricing. There are a lot of elements that can impact how much an NFT is valued. For example, limited series NFTs with particular use cases typically have a higher value. The founding team, artists, and the local community also have a pivotal role to play. If you are curious to know which are the most expensive NFTs sold so far in the world, you have landed at the right place. In this article, we shall talk about top 10 most expensive NFTs sold so far in the world. Read on!

Merge

Merge was brought into existence on December 6, 2021 by an unknown artist. A point to note is that it was put up for auction on the Nifty Gateway marketplace and sold for a whopping $91.8 million. This Non Fungible token is made up of a collection of pieces that individuals could buy. The Merge is made up of three enormous white masses that have a dark background.

Everydays: The First 5000 Days

The reason why this NFT deal has become extensively popular is because it is most expensive NFT ever sold to one sole owner — and there's a good reason for it. Needless to say, Beeple's artwork is extremely high-tier and highly respected. This NFT piece is essentially a collage of 5000 pieces.

Beeple's Crossroad

Who would have thought that just a short, 10-second movie of sorts, would bag a deal of $6.6 million. The movie depicts people walking past a large, fallen body with insults written all over it. Why this NFT had gained popularity is because of the sole reason that Beeple offers something slightly different from the regular NFTs you see — and the price speaks for itself.

Clock

This creation is amazing – it literally acts as a clock, counting the days that WikiLeaks founder Assange has been imprisoned. Created by Pak and Julian Assange, the goal of the NFT was to raise funds for Assange's legal defense and was ultimately purchased by AssangeDAO — a collection of over 10,000 people pooling their money to purchase the NFT and support Assange.

Beeple's HUMAN ONE

Yet another interesting and unique Beeple creation that has made it to the list of top 10 most expensive NFTs sold so far in the world is Human One. It was sold on November 9, 2021 for an amount close to $30m.

CryptoPunk #5822

CryptoPunks are bound to be expensive and following the same line, CryptoPunk 5822 was sold at a very high rate – as high as over $23m on February 12, 2022. Well, that's not all. It broke all records by being the Non Fungible token that was sold at double the cost of the previous token.

CryptoPunk #7523

What makes this CryptoPunk stand apart from the rest is the fact that it is

one of the only 9 Alien punks minted by Larva Labs and comes with an exclusive series of accessories like earrings, knitted caps and medical mask. No wonder why CryptoPunk #7253 is the rarest in the collection.

TPunk

TPunk isn't worth millions of dollars, but Justin Sun, the co-founder of Tron, purchased TPunk #3442 for $10.5 million in August 2021. Later, what followed is Justin giving the NFT to APENFT, a startup built on Tron that aims to tokenize art on the blockchain.

CryptoPunk #4156

CryptoPunk #4156 was sold for $7.7 million in February 2022. Since then, it showed no signs of seeing a downturn in enthusiasm for CryptoPunks, even after the 2021 NFT frenzy. Off late, Robert Leshner, the creator of the Compound DeFi protocol, bought this token.

CryptoPunk #3100

This NFT that was sold for $7.6 million on March 11, 2021 is one of the nine "Alien" CryptoPunks that make up the full collection of CryptoPunks. Also, #3100 is the rarest sort of punk in the collection. Additionally, it has unique characteristics like a white and blue headband, which only 450 punks out of 10,000 have, which accounts for its high worth.