Grimes Sold $5.8 Million In Crypto-Art In 20 Minutes: Report

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Grimes, Art, Millions
She partnered with her brother for the crypto-based collection and raked in the dough.

Art dealing is one of several ways that the elite stay in their tax brackets, but not many are auctioning off their own creations. Grimes and Elon Musk are viewed as an eccentric couple with the world's resources at their fingertips, and their moves—both business and creative—have proven to be lucrative, including Grimes's latest that made her nearly $6 million richer. Recently, Grimes created a set of digital artworks and auctioned them off to the highest bidder. They're described as NFTs—or non-fungible tokens including films, clips, images, poems, and the like—and they fetched the musician and artist a pretty penny.

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The art project, dubbed the WarNymph Collection Vol. 1, was a collaboration between Grimes and her brother, Mac Boucher. A video titled "Death of the Old" was a hot commodity as it was the subject of a bidding war that resulted in a selling price of $400K. Shorter video pieces like "Earth" and "Mars" sold for $7,500 and within two days sold 300 copies.

"Newborn" depicts a child that many believe is an interpretation of Elon and Grime's infant son, X Æ A-Xii. It has reportedly been relisted for sale at $2.5 million. In all, in under twenty minutes, it's reported that Grimes made $5.8 million from the crypto-art sale. Check out a few of the pieces below.

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Erika Marie is a seasoned journalist, editor, and ghostwriter who works predominantly in the fields of music, spirituality, mental health advocacy, and social activism. The Los Angeles editor, storyteller, and activist has been involved in the behind-the-scenes workings of the entertainment industry for nearly two decades. E.M. attempts to write stories that are compelling while remaining informative and respectful. She's an advocate of lyrical witticism & the power of the pen. Favorites: Motown, New Jack Swing, '90s R&B, Hip Hop, Indie Rock, & Punk; Funk, Soul, Harlem Renaissance Jazz greats, and artists who innovate, not simply replicate.
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