total sales of NFTs on Nifty Gateway added up to nearly 51 million U.S. dollars.
Global auction sales of Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips increased remarkably in 2021 over the previous year, according to ArtTactic. Combined sales of the three auction houses in the category of Post-War and Contemporary Art amounted to roughly 4.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, rising by nearly 36 percent from 2020. Meanwhile, auction sales in the non-fungible token (NFT) segment reached over 185 million U.S. dollars that year. As of April 2021, Combined auction sales of Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips worldwide in 2020 and 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars)
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ArtTactic. (March 9, 2022). Combined auction sales of Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips worldwide in 2020 and 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255133/auction-houses-global-sales-by-category/
ArtTactic. "Combined auction sales of Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips worldwide in 2020 and 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255133/auction-houses-global-sales-by-category/
ArtTactic. (2022). Combined auction sales of Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips worldwide in 2020 and 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255133/auction-houses-global-sales-by-category/
ArtTactic. "Combined Auction Sales of Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips Worldwide in 2020 and 2021, by Category (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255133/auction-houses-global-sales-by-category/
ArtTactic, Combined auction sales of Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips worldwide in 2020 and 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255133/auction-houses-global-sales-by-category/ (last visited June 25, 2022)