From Bored Apes to Cryptopunks: The 10 Most Expensive NFTs of 2023

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This year hasn’t been the best for NFT sales or bottom prices for the most popular collectibles.

According to Data Dashboard data, the base prices of the Yuga Labs Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks NFT series, originally created by Larva Labs, dropped by 57.6% and 13.8% respectively from January 1 to November 28, 2023.

Source: NFT price lower limit

However, Bored Apes and CryptoPunks accounted for the majority of the most expensive NFT sales in 2023. In fact, 4 NFTs are from the Bored Ape series, and 4 more NFTs are from CryptoPunks, in addition to 1 Art Block Fidenza and 1 Mutant Ape NFT. Also included.

Here are the most expensive NFT sales in 2023.

10) Bored Ape Yacht Club #5116 — 440 ETH

Boring Ape Yacht Club NFT #5116 | Source：Ocean

The NFT was launched on the NFT X2Y2 platform on March 7, priced at 440 ETH. NFT rarities include Dazzling Fur, which has a rarity of only 0.77% out of 10,000 Bored Ape NFTs, and Kings Crown, which also has a rarity of 0.77%.

9) Cryptopunk #3307 — 500 ETH

Cryptopunk #3307 | Source: Cryptopunk

While other NFTs are valued for their rarity properties, CryptoPunk #3307 is special because it lacks any properties.According to the website Cypherpunkwhich is 1 of 8 CryptoPunks without attributes.

The asset was sold on the Larva Labs marketplace on August 4 for nearly $1 million in ETH.

8) Mutant Ape Yacht Club #30002 — 500 ETH

Mutant Ape Yacht Club #30002 | Source:Vague

This Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFT marks the only asset from the Mutant Ape Collection, a spinoff of Bored Ape Yacht Club, to make the top 10 list. It features a 1-1 “giant zombie”, making it the only NFT available. 20,000 MAYC NFTs are required to have this feature. On September 1, a user purchased the NFT on the NFT Blur market for 500 ETH.

7) Bored Ape Yacht Club #4980 — 530 ETH

Bored Ape Yacht Club #4980 | Source: X2Y2

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT #4980 is one of 46 NFTs that features solid gold fur and other rare features. Of the 10,000 NFTs in the collection, this NFT features a gray background (11.7% has this feature), a smokey jacket (2.2%), an angry face (4.3%), a hat party (1.2%), and is being made into a phoneme ooo” ” (2.5%). On May 15, it sold for 530 ETH, worth $1.06 million.

6) Cryptopunk #8531 — 550 ETH

Cryptopunk #8531 | Source: Cryptopunk

One of the 88 “ZombiePunk” units currently for sale constitutes the 6th most expensive NFT sale of 2023. This NFT is 1 of 463 with loose hair, 1 of 295 with goatee, and 1 of 527 with regular shades.

On July 15, it was sold on the CryptoPunks market for 550 ETH, worth $1.06 million.

5) Bored Ape Yacht Club #1734 — 600 ETH

Bored Ape Yacht Club #1734 | Source:X2Y2

The asset, which traded on X2Y2 for $1.2 million in ETH on July 13, is one of 46 other Bored Ape NFTs with solid gold fur. It also features faux eagle feathers (the sides are shaved, leaving a tuft of wavy hair), which makes up only 1.2% of the collection, and a “cigarette” with a rarity of 7, the first 1%.

4) Cryptopunk #7458 — 600 ETH

Cypherpunk #7458 | Source: Cryptopunk

Here’s another zombie punk – except wearing a knit hat (1 in 419), a beard (1 in 526), and regular sunglasses (1 in 527). On November 6, a user purchased this NFT on the CryptoPunks market for 600 ETH, worth $1.14 million.

3) Fidenza #545 — 625 ETH

Fidenza #545 | Source：Ocean

The only NFT collection that isn’t from CryptoPunks or the Bored Apes IP is the Art Blocks Collection NFT collection from Tyler Hobbs. Fidenza #545, part of the Fidenza series, sold on OpxttmenSea for 625 ETH ($1.145 million). The most rare feature of this kind of NFT is its “small scale”. The base price of Fidenzas with small scale characteristics is 600 ETH. open sea.

2) Bored Ape Yacht Club #7090 — 800 ETH

Bored Ape Yacht Club #7090 | Source:X2Y2

The NFT was sold on X2Y2 on February 7 for 800 ETH, worth $1.6 million. It has golden fur, a colorful smile (1.2%), a uniform (1.4%), and heart-shaped glasses (3.9%).

1) Cryptopunk #5066 — 857 ETH

Cryptopunk #5066 | Source: Cryptopunk

The most expensive NFT sold in 2023 was CryptoPunk #5066. It was sold on February 6 for 857 ETH ($1.4 million). Not only is it another zombie punk (1 in 88), but it also has earrings (1 in 2,459), a knit hat (1 in 419), and a smile (1 in 238).