Autoglyphs: “Art Is Art”
Collector ‘Artudito’ acquires a full set of 10 Autoglyphs for 5,000 ETH (over $14.5M) from ‘OldSchoolCollection’ in one of biggest recorded on-chain NFT transactions.
Autoglyphs are the first on-chain generative art project on Ethereum, minted by Larva Labs in April 2019. This particular set is one of three “dev sets” within the 512 unique output collection and contains solely sub-100 mint numbers.
The deal comes together via efforts from Art Advisor & Curator Amanda Schmitt and Cryptoart Broker Fountain.
Context from Amanda Schmitt:
“We are thrilled with this historic acquisition of a full dev set of 10 Autoglyphs. Artudito began collecting in the traditional sphere, they see blockchain-based digital art as an extension of that collecting practice. Artudito views the acquisition of these Autoglyphs as no different from the acquisition of a painting or a sculpture. Art is art.
Artudito’s interest is in preserving and amplifying innovative digital art (hence their reference to R2D2 - the Star Wars keeper of memory), especially in context with traditional. This acquisition is only one of several in the pipeline. Artudito’s goal is ultimately to present these artworks within museums and institutional settings in the future.”
(Special thanks to Aniko Berman and Justin Gilanyi!)
Art Blocks Activity
24 Hour Art Blocks Highlights:
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Serc Silhouettes
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“Don't forget: Silhouettes is a brand”
Collection: Highlights
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1/1: Highlights
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QQL /297 by Tyler Hobbs: 1.85 WETH to bapephil
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Distance /250 by William Mapan x LACMA: 0.799 ETH
Edition: Highlights
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Queen Dartaria - Alotta Money /132 by Rare Boards: $444
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Closing Thoughts
A top-10 all-time NFT transaction deserves some reflection. In case you skimmed through it, I’d recommend revisiting the quote that Amanda provided (in the headline Autoglyphs section). It provides essential context as to what ‘Artudito’ is thinking and may be a harbinger of things to come.
Hand-in-hand with the above and doubling down on the institutional reference, here is yesterday’s recording of my conversation with Pablo Fraile.