24 HOURS OF ART: Friday Highlights
Digital Art Headlines, Market Highlights, and Analysis from 3/21 - 3/22
Curated Deafbeef
After announcing their recent acquisition of ‘DEAFBEEF Series 0: Synth Poems - Token 41’ for 13 WETH, ‘DEAFBEEF Series 4: Glitchbox - Token 204’ is collected by CuratedVault3 for 12 ETH.
Via Curated’s Editorial on Deafbeef:
“Understanding that Deafbeef crafted every sound, visual, and detail from raw code adds a deep layer of appreciation to the beauty and range found in his collections, which makes it all the more remarkable…
As he does in all aspects of his work, he took on mastering the fundamentals of the blockchain. He learned Solidity and wrote his own smart contract for his “DEAFBEEF” collection. He even created his own website from scratch for viewing, minting, and interacting with his artwork.”
An Angel Called Hmm
Meme coins translate into the art ecosystem as Guppy NFT, led by Redbeard, Will Savas, and Zanzibar, make a first ever $Hmm art acquisition of ‘An Angel Called Fate’ by Parrott for 1.75M $Hmm | ~$13K USD. Shortly thereafter ‘Duality’ by Adamtastic becomes the second for 500K $Hmm | ~$3,500 USD.
Via Parrott:
“This is the purest ethos of crypto art culture.”
The Beginning of The Beginning
Punk6529 tweets “everything we have been doing up until now is prologue. once we ship the next release: we are the beginning of the beginning”, 6529 ecosystem sees activity:
6529 Gradient #91: 6.999 ETH by 0xspeedy.eth
The Memes by 6529: 14 ETH volume, sweeps from NMWvault and runitupnow
Revolutionary Countdown
Sotheby’s ‘{R(Evolutionaries);} Digital Art Through The Decade’ 21 lot auction nears its conclusion, with rolling closes beginning at 2:00pm EST.
Highlight Bids:
CryptoPunk #6669: 130,000 USD
Founder Cat #63 by Dapper Labs: 70,000 USD
shapeshifter by Claire Silver: 35,000 USD
TORCHED H34R7S (1FLAMEN6) by Marguerite De Courcelle: 30,000 USD
FUNKY 41 GALLON CONCRETE CITY TRASHCAN by Robness: 20,000 USD
Collection: Highlights
Terraforms /9,911 by Mathcastles: 45 ETH volume, floor: 1.3 ETH
Opepen Edition /16k by Jack Butcher: 24 ETH volume, floor: 0.25 ETH
Checks - VV Edition /5,257 by Jack Butcher: 11 ETH volume, floor: 0.36 ETH
Memento Mori /206 by Richard Nadler: 0.426 BTC volume, floor: 0.051 BTC
1/1: Highlights
Mother Ignoring Kid Drowning In A Pool by Drowning Kid: 10 ETH to FeistyDAO
v3 by Injectkid: 65,000 RARE | $11.4K USD
say less by Neurocolor: 2.5 ETH to ded02
Lancelot by KireevArt: 2 ETH to ruskin1819
LIVE (SuperRare) - Shadows Beneath Wrought Passages by Botto: 6.259 ETH bid, ends 5:00pm EST
1/1/X: Art Blocks Highlights
Meridian /1k by Matt DesLauriers: 12.5 ETH (Newsprint) & 4 WETH
Gazers /1k by Matt Kane: 5.5 ETH to 5659
Chromie Squiggle /10k by Snowfro: 4.75 & 4.65 WETH
Archetype /600 by Kjetil Golid: 4.3 ETH
Memories of Qilin /1,024 by Emily Xie: 3.1 & 2.5 ETH to Bob_Loukas
Anticyclone /800 by William Mapan: 2.36 WETH
Edition: Federico Clapis
Federico Clapis edition sales on Nifty Gateway as ‘sushabit’ builds a collection. This time it is ‘Grieving Conception - Relics’ /30 for $3,000.
Closing Thoughts
It’s hard to top yesterday’s 24 hours. While this day was calmer, there is still plenty of diversity across the board. Memes continue to captivate. Could the spill of $Hmm into art lead to more? We continue to see plenty of RARE usage as well.
Eyes are on the Sotheby’s conclusion today.
Reminder: 24 Hours of Art is using its Highlights format through the next week and a few travel legs. These first several days are on PST timezone. Onward!