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Art Lover Buys Digital Work for $6.6 Million
When a painting by a famous artist like Vincent Van Gogh sells for millions of dollars, it makes headlines. But what about a digital work made by a current artist? Would you expect it to sell for $6.6 million?
That is exactly what happened last week, with a 10-second video made by the artist known as BEEPLE.
Last year, an art collector from Florida bought Beeple's video for about $67,000. Last week, the collector sold the video for $6.6 million.
The video artwork shows former U.S. President Donald Trump on the ground, with his body covered in slogans – phrases used by groups to gain attention.
The marketplace for digital work is growing quickly. Thanks to software that guarantees a digital file is unique, such art buys are becoming more common. The software is called blockchain. It acts as a "digital signature" and proves that an item that may only exist virtually is one-of-a-kind.
Beeple's real name is Mike Winkelmann. He has another digital work of art that is being sold by Christie's, a famous auction company. The artwork is a collection of 5,000 photos. So far, offers have reached $3 million.
When the auction ends, Christie's will accept payment in traditional money or in the virtual currency known as Ether.
Noah Davis works for Christie's. He said, "We are in unknown territory."
It's not just artwork that is being sold this way.
For many years, people have traded sports cards -- thick pieces of paper that had pictures of sports stars. Eventually, some of those sports cards became valuable and would sell for many thousands of dollars.
Sports cards are still popular, but some sports leagues are moving into the digital world, as well.
For example, the National Basketball Association has a new marketplace for trading short videos, called Top Shot.
Short videos of big moments from games, like a dunk by LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers, are selling for thousands of dollars. The largest sale on the site so far came in February, when a user bought the dunk by James for $208,000.
One Top Shot user told the Reuters news agency he had bought items on the marketplace for about $1 million and re-sold them for almost $5 million.
Experts in the business of buying and selling digital items say people are getting more used to the idea of owning something they cannot touch.
Andrew Steinwold runs an investment fund that buys and then re-sells these digital files. The fund started in January with a value of $6 million.
While he said he warns investors to be careful with their money, he also thinks there is the possibility for the market for digital files to increase over time.
"I think it's going to reach into the trillions of dollars one day," he said.
I'm Dan Friedell.
重点解析
1.marketplace n.市场
Companies must be able to survive in the marketplace.
公司必须有能力在市场竞争中生存下去。
2.investor n.投资者
A very good investor will outguess the market.
一名优秀的投资者将准确预测市场。
3.unknown adj.未知的
The motive for the killing is unknown.
杀人的动机不明。
4.possibility n.可能性
A strike is now a distinct possibility.
目前罢工确有可能发生。
5.So far, offers have reached $3 million.
So far 目前
How many driving lessons have you had so far?
你到目前为止上过多少节驾驶课了？
So far, the police investigation has drawn a blank.
到目前为止警方的调查毫无结果。
6.Sports cards are still popular, but some sports leagues are moving into the digital world, as well.
as well 也；同样
He did well in the heats; hopefully he'll do as well in the final.
他在预赛中成绩很好，且有望在决赛中也有同样出色的表现。
You can have a burger, but you can't have fries as well.
你可以吃汉堡包，但不可以同时又吃炸薯条。
参考译文
10秒数字艺术品以660万美元售出
当文森特·梵高（Vincent Van Gogh）这样的著名艺术家的作品售价为数百万美元时，成为头条新闻并不意外。但是当代艺术家的数字作品要是同样的售价呢？你敢信这样的作品也能卖660万美元吗?
这正是上周发生的新闻，这个作品就是艺术家BEEPLE制作的一个10秒的视频。
去年，佛罗里达州的一位艺术收藏家以6.7万美元的价格买下了BEEPLE制作的这段视频。上周，这位收藏家以660万美元的价格出售了这段视频。
这段视频显示，美国前总统特朗普躺在地上，他的身体被各种口号覆盖，这是一些团体用来引起关注的标语。
数字艺术作品的市场正在迅速增长。由于有了保证数字文件独一无二的软件，这样的数字艺术品交易正变得越来越普遍。这个软件叫做区块链。它发挥了“数字签名”的作用，证明一件可能只存在于虚拟世界的艺术品是独一无二的。
Beeple的真名是Mike Winkelmann。他还有一件数字艺术品正在著名拍卖公司佳士得拍卖。这件艺术作品收集了5000张照片。到目前为止，售价已经达到了300万美元。
拍卖结束后，佳士得将接受传统货币或被称为Ether的虚拟货币支付。
诺亚·戴维斯(Noah Davis)在佳士得工作。他说：“我们正处于未知的领域。”
采用这种方式进行出售的不只是艺术品。
多年来，人们一直在交换体育卡——印有体育明星照片的厚纸片。最终，其中一些体育卡的价值提升，可以卖到数千美元。
体育卡仍然很流行，但一些体育联盟也在向数字领域进军。
例如，美国国家篮球协会有一个新的交易短视频的市场，名为Top Shot。
比赛中重要时刻的短视频，比如洛杉矶湖人队(Los Angeles Lakers)勒布朗·詹姆斯(LeBron James)扣篮的瞬间，售价高达数千美元。到目前为止，该网站上最大的一笔交易发生在今年2月，一名用户以20.8万美元的价格购买了詹姆斯的灌篮视频。
一名Top Shot用户告诉路透社，他在网上以100万美元左右的价格购买了一些商品，然后以近500万美元的价格转售。
数字商品交易行的专家们指出，人们越来越倾向于拥有他们触摸不到的东西。
安德鲁·斯坦沃尔德经营着一家投资基金，专门买卖这些数字文件。该基金于今年1月份成立，市值已经达到600万美元。
虽然他警告投资者投资要谨慎，但他也认为随着时间的推移，数字文件市场可能会增长。
他说：“我认为总有一天这个市场会达到数万亿美元。”
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