Curio Cards
{{short description|Digital art collectibles on Ethereum}}
{{Infobox video game
| image =
| caption = Six cards of the 30 unique Curio Cards
| title = Curio Cards
| platforms = Ethereum
| released = May 2017
| genre = Collectable
}}
Curio Cards are collectible digital artworks located on the Ethereum blockchain. Created in 2017, Curio Cards are commonly viewed as the first digital art collectibles on the Ethereum blockchain.{{Cite web|last=León|first=Riley de|date=2021-10-01|title=Doodles used to create Gary Vaynerchuk NFT collection sell for $1.2 million in Christie's auction|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/01/christies-auctioned-gary-vaynerchuks-nft-art-for-1point2-million.html|access-date=2021-12-07|website=CNBC|language=en}} In October 2021, a complete collection of Curio Cards, including the card "17b" misprint, was sold for ETH393 ($1,267,320) at the Christie's Post-War to Present auction.{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=Oscar|title=You can get a free DC x Palm NFT tomorrow. What to know about the digital tokens now|url=https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/you-can-get-a-free-dc-x-palm-nft-tomorrow-what-to-know-about-the-digital-tokens-now/|access-date=2021-12-05|website=CNET|language=en}} The collection was tested for security vulnerabilities in September 2021 by softstack (formerly Chainsulting).{{Cite web|title= Smart Contract Audit for Curio Cards|url=https://github.com/softstackHQ/Smart-Contract-Security-Audits/blob/master/Curio%20Cards/02_Smart%20Contract%20Audit_CurioCards_NFT_Wrapper.pdf|access-date=2024-02-07|language=en}}
Background
The Curio Cards concept, developed by Travis Uhrig, Thomas Hunt, and Rhett Creighton, launched on May 9, 2017.{{Cite web|last=Nover|first=Scott|title=Early NFT collection Curio Cards makes its debut at Christie's|url=https://qz.com/2067917/early-nft-collection-curio-cards-makes-its-debut-at-christies/|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Quartz|date=October 2021 |language=en}} Curio Cards feature multiple sets of 30 unique cards that profile artwork by seven different artists. Curio Cards is colloquially considered to be the first collection of NFT artworks on the Ethereum blockchain.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-21|title=Christie's Is Now Accepting Ether in Exchange for Ethereum's Earliest NFTs|url=https://observer.com/2021/09/christies-is-now-accepting-ether-in-exchange-for-ethereums-earliest-nfts/|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Observer|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=The Results of Christie's Eclectic 'Postwar to Present' Auction Shows Today's Buyers Have a Speculative Eye and a Nose for Novelty|url=https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-eclectic-post-war-present-auction-results-2016660|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Artnet News|date=4 October 2021 |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004200553/https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-eclectic-post-war-present-auction-results-2016660 |archive-date=2021-10-04 }}{{Cite web|date=2021-09-05|title=Non-Fungible Tokens: How 'Punk' Crypto Trend Gave Rise To NFTs For Digital Art|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/non-fungible-tokens-history-crypto-digital-art-548624.html|access-date=2021-11-28|website=IndiaTimes|language=en-IN}} On October 1, 2021, a complete collection of Curio Cards, including the digital misprint "17b", was sold by an anonymous seller for $1.2 million at Christie's Post-War to Present auction held in New York.{{Cite web|title=Art Industry News: On a Quest to 'Spread Korean Culture Through the World,' K-Pop Superstars BTS Offer a Gift to the Met + Other Stories|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-sept-21-2-2011316|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Artnet News|date=21 September 2021 |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922123551/https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-sept-21-2-2011316 |archive-date=2021-09-22 }} This was the first Christie's auction where bidding was conducted solely using Ethereum cryptocurrency.
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