American artist Beeple became the first to sell a purely digital piece of artwork at auction, fetching more than $69.3 million or 500 crores. Titled "Everydays - The First 5000 Days", a stunning collage of artwork he created every day for the past 13 years. The sale also made Beeple, whose name is Mike Winkelmann, one of the top three most valuable living artists, auction house Christie’s announced. The sale has been called a “watershed moment in the development of digital art” by the auction house. Bidding started at $100 in the online auction, which ran from February 25 until Thursday.