{"id":824,"date":"2021-05-06T00:02:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T00:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/?p=824"},"modified":"2021-05-08T05:48:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T05:48:29","slug":"sothebys-tests-crypto-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/sothebys-tests-crypto-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby&#8217;s Tests Out Crypto Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-825 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-05-at-7.46.41-PM-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-05-at-7.46.41-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-05-at-7.46.41-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-05-at-7.46.41-PM.png 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Sotheby&#8217;s, the auction house formerly known as Sotheby Parke Bernet, and before that as Sotheby&#8217;s, is testing out art sales with cryptocurrency. Just to see how it goes, they&#8217;re starting off with some Banksy crap.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin and Ethereum seem to be the Coins of the Realm at the moment, but no doubt Dogecoin and Monero will get a look-in if all works out properly.<\/p>\n<p>You can read about it all here:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1t633a1-0 sc-1td8nyy-6 UgazD duBgsl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/69904\/banksy-art-bitcoin-ethereum-sothebys\">You Can Buy a Banksy With Bitcoin or Ethereum From Sotheby\u2019s<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"sc-1t633a1-2 sc-1td8nyy-7 biPBfi kQVFTV\">The street art icon\u2019s \u201cLove is in the Air\u201d will be the first physical artwork sold by an auction house with the option to pay in cryptocurrency.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, have you considered buying art from <em>Gallery News<\/em>? We also take Bitcoin and Ethereum.\u00a0Right now have secured a supply of <strong>Diego Rivera<\/strong> prints, specifically his renowned &#8220;Glorious Victory,&#8221; complete with lascivious caricatures of the Dulles brothers, anti-communist guerrillas and Ike Eisenhower drawn on a bomb. It all has something to do with Guatemala in 1954. Look at this beautiful work of art:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-826\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gloriosa_victoria_diego_rivera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gloriosa_victoria_diego_rivera.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.gallerynews.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gloriosa_victoria_diego_rivera-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>And <em>now<\/em>, if you send us $20 or more in crypto or PayPal cash (see right rail) we can send you one of these stunning reproductions, postpaid! Our copies measure 11&#8243; x 6&#8243; which makes them suitable for framing. We trimmed a little off the edges, but nothing essential.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to send us your physical mailing address, since these will not fit in our ethernet cable. You can include that when you send us your crypto or (PayPal) cash. For more information, contact our shipping clerk, P J Collins: pjcollins@gallerynews.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sotheby&#8217;s, the auction house formerly known as Sotheby Parke Bernet, and before that as Sotheby&#8217;s, is testing out art sales with cryptocurrency. Just to see how it goes, they&#8217;re starting off with some Banksy crap. 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