WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:270000 00:00:03.504 --> 00:00:04.938 >>> WE’RE BACK WITH CARSON AND 00:00:04.939 --> 00:00:05.467 >>> WE’RE BACK WITH CARSON AND 00:00:05.501 --> 00:00:06.592 ALSO A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU 00:00:06.626 --> 00:00:08.653 EARLIER THIS WEEK. 00:00:08.654 --> 00:00:10.479 THE EXPLOSION OF DIGITAL WORKS 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:11.400 OF ART. 00:00:11.401 --> 00:00:14.522 >> NOW, THIS PIECE JUST SOLD AT 00:00:14.556 --> 00:00:15.947 AUCTION FOR NEARLY $70 MILLION. 00:00:15.981 --> 00:00:17.111 EYE-POPPING PRICE THAT’S TURNING 00:00:17.112 --> 00:00:19.262 THE ART WORLD UPSIDE DOWN. 00:00:19.263 --> 00:00:20.902 >> KERRY SANDERS, WHO FIRST TOLD 00:00:20.903 --> 00:00:22.056 US ABOUT THIS, IS BACK WITH 00:00:22.090 --> 00:00:22.828 MORE. 00:00:22.829 --> 00:00:24.853 KERRY, I GUESS IT’S REALLY 00:00:24.855 --> 00:00:25.466 CATCHING ON. 00:00:25.501 --> 00:00:26.569 >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. 00:00:26.570 --> 00:00:27.786 YOU KNOW, THE OWNERSHIP OF 00:00:27.821 --> 00:00:30.030 DIGITAL ART IS STILL KIND OF A 00:00:30.064 --> 00:00:31.127 HARD CONCEPT TO GRASP BECAUSE 00:00:31.128 --> 00:00:32.571 ANYBODY CAN JUST GOOGLE IT AND 00:00:32.573 --> 00:00:33.820 LOOK AT IT. 00:00:33.821 --> 00:00:35.831 ONLY ONE PERSON CAN OWN IT. 00:00:35.832 --> 00:00:37.813 AS WE JUST HEARD CARSON SAY, 00:00:37.814 --> 00:00:39.898 SOME COLLECTORS ARE WILLING TO 00:00:39.899 --> 00:00:42.602 PAY EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNTS TO OWN 00:00:42.603 --> 00:00:43.263 THE ART. 00:00:43.297 --> 00:00:48.067 ART THAT YOU CAN’T HANG ON THE 00:00:48.068 --> 00:00:49.931 WALL, AGAIN, BECAUSE IT IS 00:00:49.965 --> 00:00:51.650 DIGITAL. 00:00:51.684 --> 00:00:55.101 THIS MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. 00:00:55.135 --> 00:00:57.594 MONET, DA VINCI, IN PRIVATE 00:00:57.629 --> 00:00:59.651 COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS, SOLD 00:00:59.653 --> 00:01:03.033 FOR TENS OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS 00:01:03.034 --> 00:01:03.619 OF DOLLARS. 00:01:03.620 --> 00:01:05.250 THE ART WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN 00:01:05.285 --> 00:01:07.322 WITH THE SALE OF THIS DIGITAL 00:01:07.323 --> 00:01:09.217 COLLEGE, ENTITLED "THE FIRST 00:01:09.251 --> 00:01:11.404 5,000 DAYS," A WORK THAT TOOK 13 00:01:11.438 --> 00:01:13.056 YEARS TO CREATE. 00:01:13.090 --> 00:01:17.260 IT SOLD THURSDAY IN AN AUCTION 00:01:17.262 --> 00:01:19.249 HOSTED BY FAMED CHRISTIE’S FOR 00:01:19.283 --> 00:01:20.923 $69.3 MILLION. 00:01:20.958 --> 00:01:23.387 CAMERAS ROLLED AS THE ARTIST 00:01:23.388 --> 00:01:24.802 WATCHED THE BIDDING ROCKET FROM 00:01:24.837 --> 00:01:26.479 $50 MILLION. 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:28.147 >> OH, MY GOSH! 00:01:28.148 --> 00:01:29.395 >> Reporter: TO ALMOST $70 00:01:29.429 --> 00:01:30.228 MILLION. 00:01:30.229 --> 00:01:32.769 >> I’M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD! 00:01:32.770 --> 00:01:34.161 >> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR 00:01:34.195 --> 00:01:35.481 TAKEAWAY AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT 00:01:35.482 --> 00:01:36.101 JUST HAPPENED? 00:01:36.102 --> 00:01:37.391 >> IT’LL TAKE A SECOND TO 00:01:37.425 --> 00:01:38.360 PROCESS, TO BE HONEST. 00:01:38.395 --> 00:01:39.969 MAYBE THREE MONTHS FROM NOW, 00:01:40.004 --> 00:01:41.169 I’LL BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 00:01:41.203 --> 00:01:41.469 STATES. 00:01:41.470 --> 00:01:42.636 I DON’T KNOW WHERE IT EVEN GOES 00:01:42.637 --> 00:01:43.507 FROM HERE. 00:01:43.542 --> 00:01:45.409 >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY DIGITAL 00:01:45.410 --> 00:01:47.468 ART LIKE THIS MAY BE THE START 00:01:47.502 --> 00:01:48.376 OF SOMETHING BIG. 00:01:48.377 --> 00:01:49.858 IS IT HERE TO STAY, OR WILL IT 00:01:49.860 --> 00:01:50.640 GO POOF? 00:01:50.641 --> 00:01:52.100 >> I THINK IT IS DEFINITELY 00:01:52.135 --> 00:01:53.946 HERE, AND IT IS GOING TO 00:01:53.980 --> 00:01:55.604 CONTINUE TO BUILD ON ITSELF. 00:01:55.606 --> 00:01:57.515 AGAIN, THIS COULD GO SOUTH 00:01:57.516 --> 00:01:59.532 FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY "CAT IN 00:01:59.534 --> 00:02:00.075 THE HAT." 00:02:00.077 --> 00:02:01.974 >> Reporter: OTHER DIGITAL ART 00:02:01.975 --> 00:02:03.686 NOW FOR SALE, SPORTS VIDEO 00:02:03.720 --> 00:02:04.783 CLIPS, EVEN SCREEN GRABS OF 00:02:04.817 --> 00:02:05.200 TWEETS. 00:02:05.201 --> 00:02:06.939 ALL TRADING FOR HUNDREDS OF 00:02:06.941 --> 00:02:07.970 THOUSANDS OR MORE. 00:02:07.971 --> 00:02:09.680 >> MY QUESTION IS, HUH? 00:02:09.681 --> 00:02:11.682 >> Reporter: SUGGESTING OUR 00:02:11.683 --> 00:02:13.940 REACTION EARLIER THIS WEEK IS 00:02:13.941 --> 00:02:15.427 PROOF THE JOKE’S ON US. 00:02:15.428 --> 00:02:16.387 >> $3 MILLION RIGHT HERE. 00:02:16.388 --> 00:02:17.165 YOU CAN HAVE IT. 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:19.485 >> YOU OWN IT, BABY. 00:02:19.519 --> 00:02:21.407 >> NO, NO, I’M SELLING IT, RIGHT 00:02:21.408 --> 00:02:21.675 NOW. 00:02:21.676 --> 00:02:22.790 >> Reporter: YOU SAW OUR SEGMENT 00:02:22.824 --> 00:02:23.765 THE OTHER DAY. 00:02:23.767 --> 00:02:25.887 WHO GETS THE LAST LAUGH? 00:02:25.921 --> 00:02:27.218 WERE YOU OFFENDED BY OUR 00:02:27.219 --> 00:02:27.718 LAUGHTER? 00:02:27.752 --> 00:02:29.739 >> I WILL SAY, SAVANNAH, I HEARD 00:02:29.741 --> 00:02:30.201 THAT. 00:02:30.202 --> 00:02:32.635 THERE WAS A LOT OF LAUGHING. 00:02:32.670 --> 00:02:34.345 AL ROKER, TOO, IT’S VERY HARD TO 00:02:34.379 --> 00:02:35.577 OFFEND ME. 00:02:35.611 --> 00:02:37.443 TO BE HONEST, I REALLY THINK 00:02:37.444 --> 00:02:38.732 THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING 00:02:38.767 --> 00:02:42.237 THAT YOU’RE GOING TO BE HEARING 00:02:42.239 --> 00:02:43.857 MORE ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. 00:02:43.891 --> 00:02:45.414 >> Reporter: WHO BOUGHT THE 00:02:45.416 --> 00:02:46.010 ARTWORK? 00:02:46.011 --> 00:02:48.261 WELL, THE AUCTION HOUSE, 00:02:48.296 --> 00:02:49.629 CHRISTIE’S, AND THE ARTIST 00:02:49.663 --> 00:02:50.508 AREN’T SAYING. 00:02:50.542 --> 00:02:51.779 THIS MORNING, IT’S A MYSTERY. 00:02:51.780 --> 00:02:52.133 GUYS? 00:02:52.168 --> 00:02:53.506 >> I WASN’T LAUGHING. 00:02:53.507 --> 00:02:54.391 I WASN’T LAUGHING. 00:02:54.426 --> 00:02:56.516 I DIDN’T THINK IT WAS FUNNY. 00:02:56.551 --> 00:02:59.395 >> NO, I ALREADY KNOW THAT’LL 00:02:59.429 --> 00:03:00.908 LIVE IN INFAMY. 00:03:00.909 --> 00:03:02.114 THAT INTERNET, SO SILLY. 00:03:02.115 --> 00:03:02.250 WHO WOULD DO THAT?