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Christie's 2nd BAYC Auction Is Happening This Week. See What Masterpiece Apes Are Being Compared To
Updated: Feb 8, 2022
Christie’s is auctioning off a laser eye bored ape with its matching M1 and M2 mutants later this week.
Bored Ape #4418 and the primates corresponding M1 and M2 Mutants (18836 and 18837) will be auctioned off during Christies “20th/21st Century: Evening Sale Including Thinking Italian, London event beginning on this Friday, October 15th at 2 p.m. BST or 9 a.m. EST. The auction will be live for four days.
Christie’s estimates the primates will sell for 800,000- 1,200,000 GBP Or $1,087,724- $1,631,586 USD.
Bored Ape #4418 is a four trait brown fur ape with a bored unshaven cigarette mouth and laser eyes. Based on these traits, Bored Ape #4418 is the 35th most rare ape, according to Rarity Tools.

In order to explain the cultural significance and price tag of the BAYC and MAYC lot to Christie’s audience, Christie’s Head of Digital Art, Noah Davis, compared them to the works of a famous 16th century painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Davis specifically referenced a portrait Arcimboldo made of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. In the painting,Arcimboldo depicted one of the most powerful men in the world as veggies and flowers.
