Prestigious sale house Sotheby's has appear it volition accept Ether (ETH) bids in real-time for its Nov. 18 auction that includes works by famed street artist Banksy.

Sotheby'south claims this will be the first time an auction house has accustomed crypto in real time every bit a standard currency for payment in an sale on a physical work of art. The auction, titled The Now Evening Auction features Banksy's "Trolley Hunters," and "Love Is In The Air."

Although the bidding prices will be announced in ETH, winning bidders have the option to pay for the works in either Ether, Bitcoin (BTC) or USD Coin (USDC).

Banksy's "Trolley Hunters"

Sotheby's outset began accepting BTC and ETH as payment dorsum in May for a different Banksy auction. It has financially supported nonfungible token (NFT) projects, including providing seed funding for NFT studio and blockchain tech platform Mojito. It also launched a metaverse-themed NFT platform with Pranksy, PleasrDAO, Paris Hilton, and others serving as curators in October.

Sotheby'south is not alone among sale houses involved in crypto and blockchain, however.

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Competing auction business firm Christie'due south was the first to accept ETH as payment in a CryptoPunks sale it held last May. Christie'southward also famously auctioned off Beeple's, "The Outset 5000 Days," for over $69 million.

The Phillips sale house accepted ETH and BTC in its auction for Banksy's, "Express joy At present Console A," which sold for over $3 one thousand thousand last June.