Sometimes, it’s best to “hodl” — even if it means embarrassing one of the biggest art auction houses on earth. Earlier this week, a historically high-priced Sotheby’s auction for 104 Crypto Punk non-fungible tokens (NFTs) was abruptly withdrawn. NFTs have become a highly lucrative asset class in their own right, powered by the soaring popularity of smart-contract digital tokens like Ethereum (ETH-USD), with the unique images seeing eye-popping sales amid booming mainstream interest. But… Source link
Read More »Multimillion dollar sales at Pebble Beach would mean the collector car market is back
V-12 powered sports cars and rare Ferraris, each worth multiple millions of dollars, lead the line-up at this year’s annual Gooding & Company Pebble Beach auction. “Ferrari has been in such strong demand for such a long time because they build absolutely fantastic cars,” President and CEO David Gooding told Yahoo Finance Live. “There’s everything about them that is magical.” Gooding is the official auction house of the iconic Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance which concludes on Aug. 15…. Source link
Read More »Mecum’s multimillion dollar collector car auction lineup rolls into Monterey
Monterey Car Week 2021 promises a return to multimillion dollar deals as auction houses like Mecum roll into town for the iconic Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Aug. 15. “We’re all very excited to be going back to Monterey after having to take off last year, 2020, because of the pandemic and missing car week,” Mecum Auctions CEO Dave Magers told Yahoo Finance Live. Mecum Auctions is one of the world’s largest collector car auction companies and will have 600 vehicles crossing the auction… Source link
Read More »Odd News Roundup: Yandex robots start to deliver restaurant meals in central Moscow; Time is precious, says Vietnamese collector of European church clocks and more
Following is a summary of current odd news briefs. Solo sauna a hot favourite in Tokyo as coronavirus cases rise The spread of the novel coronavirus may have slowed economies and closed many businesses worldwide, but it hasn’t been a damper on a newly opened Tokyo sauna that caters to solo customers. The Finnish-style sauna rooms at Solo Sauna Tune, where customers can relax in solitude and enjoy the heat from water over hot stones, are so popular they are booked up within hours. Time is… Source link
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