Forbes, by Elena Zavelev, Founder & CEO, New Art Academy & CADAF

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The art world witnessed an extraordinary auction on November 13th at the Christie’s Auction House in New York. Not only the collection of the late Barney A. Ebsworth raised over $300 million, setting the new world auction records for Edward Hopper and Willem de Kooning, but also for the first-time-ever, the results of the major auction sale were recorded using blockchain technology. To do so, Christie’s has collaborated with Artory, the leading independent blockchain-based registry for the art market built on Ethereum Blockchain. Continue Reading