24 HOURS OF ART: Monday Highlights
24 HOURS OF ART: Monday Highlights
Digital Art Headlines, Market Highlights, and Analysis from 8/18 - 8/19
It’s great to be back after a stretch of travel!
Reminder: 24 Hours of Art is published every single day no matter what via X Highlights.
Now let’s get to it…
OTC Alien
Alien ‘CryptoPunk #5822’ moves in a private sale from dt_nfts. It was originally acquired in February 2022 for 8,000 ETH (~$23.7M USD).
Via Deepak:
“End of an Era.”
***Section edited to remove theoretical buyer, which remains unclear***
Botto Genesis Displace
‘Communicate Displace’ by Botto is acquired by Delronde.
Minted August 10, 2022, it is #042 (of 52) in Botto’s Genesis Period. It changes hands in a private deal assisted by RDToTheMoon (and liaison) and Jediwolf.
Via Delronde:
“It’s been a year since I started collecting AI art seriously. Finally hit my personal goal of having a piece from what I consider the top 3 AI art collections:
A Lost Robbie
An alignDraw paper set
A Botto genesis…
I consider Botto to be the first notable ‘living’ ai artist. It’s constantly evolving through a complex feedback loop involving the voters, collectors and the Botto DAO, resulting in a new piece every week.”
Wormhole for Grifter
‘Wormhole’ 1/1 by Ryan Talbot is acquired by Blondie23LMD in a trade with Mondoggg for ‘Grifter #130’ by XCOPY.
Via Mondoggg:
“Traded for my second XCOPY Grifter today. Thank you to Blondie for making it work and for talking through the deal.”
Collection: Highlights
LIVE (Sotheby’s) - ‘Digital Art Day Sale’
LIVE (Transient Labs) - ‘Deco’ by Paul Seibert, 1st beta test of Transient Dynamic Art Engine
LIVE (Vertu Fine Art) - ‘Machine in the Ghost’ by Diid
INCOMING (LG Art Lab) - ‘Passive Observer’ by Amadon
INCOMING (Ninfa) - ‘Limitless (The Redemption)’ by Garvanti
INCOMING (The Memes by 6529) - ‘Seize Them Loud’ by Vlada
1/1: Highlights
‘The Virtues’ by Jivinci: 1.5 ETH to nifties
‘Altruist’ by Yura Miron: 0.3 ETH to sith
‘Echoes from the Third Eye’ by Leafswan: 0.3 ETH to overflowing
‘OTS Mixtape // 04 - We Take It Underground’ by Andrea Ciulu: 0.298 ETH
LIVE (Foundation) - ‘𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑’ by 0010: 1.5 ETH bid, ends Tues ~7:00pm ET
1/1/X: Highlights
‘Chromie Squiggle’ /10k (Art Blocks) by Snowfro: 5.05 (Fuzzy, 44 Color Spread) & 4.2069 ETH, 3.3 WETH
‘Anticyclone’ /800 (Art Blocks) by William Mapan: 4.45 ETH (Sirimavo, Night) to DANNY
‘Orbit’ /500 by Jiannan Huang: 4.01 ETH
‘Winds of Yawanawa’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 4 ETH to DANNY
‘REMNANTS’ /250 by XCOPY: 3.6 & 3.5 WETH
‘Memories of Qilin’ /1,024 (Art Blocks) by Emily Xie: 2.5 ETH
‘The Harvest’ /400 by Per Kristian Stoveland: 2.45 ETH
‘Subscapes’ /650 (Art Blocks) by Matt DesLauriers: 2.099 ETH
‘Off Script’ /100 (Bright Moments) by Emily Xie: 1.99 ETH
‘Primera’ /400 by Mitchell and Yun: 1.84 & 1.65 ETH
‘Genesis’ /512 by DCA: 1.12 & 1.12 ETH
‘BURNER’ /255 by James Bloom: 1 ETH
‘FREE MATT KANE’ /256: 1 & 1 ETH
‘Contractual Obligations’ /250 by Matt Kane: 0.99 ETH to Roadweb
‘Cargo’ /999 (Art Blocks) by Kim Asendorf: 0.89 ETH
‘alignDRAW’ /2,709 (Fellowship) by Elman Mansimov: 0.81 WETH to WesleyC
‘The Currency’ /2,026 by Damien Hirst: 0.6969 ETH, 0.57 & 0.5 WETH
‘Screens’ /1k (Art Blocks) by Thomas Lin Pedersen: 0.69, 0.525, 0.39 & 0.33 ETH
‘Proscenium’ /400 (Art Blocks) by Remnynt: 0.666 ETH to fbsalute.eth
‘Terraforms’ /9,911 by Mathcastles: 0.58 WETH
Edition: Highlights
‘Player’ /256 by Sam Spratt: 5.72 WETH
‘NakamotoFreedom’ /300 (The Memes by 6529) by 6529er: 3.99 ETH to giordanobruno.eth
‘Afterburn’ /870 by XCOPY: 1.4955 ETH to cmbarce
‘It’s SCAM - Right’ /23 by Hackatao: $2,999 to eternalyst
‘OBLIVION’ /500 by XCOPY: 0.542 ETH
‘MAX PAIN’ /5,750 by XCOPY: 0.4199, 0.4199, 0.4189, 0.4185 & 0.4183 ETH
‘meat water’ /22 by Die With The Most Likes: 0.2204 WETH
‘An Old Soul’ /150 (Iconic) by Grant Yun: 13 sales for 2.54 ETH (avg: 0.195 ETH)
‘Solitaire’ /100 (PROOF) by Terrell Jones: 0.193 WETH
‘LetsWalk’ by DeeKay: 0.1918 WETH
‘Trillion Star Hotel’ /222 by Cath Simard: 0.189 ETH
‘The Great Color Study’ by Alpha Centauri Kid: 7 sales for 0.967 ETH (avg: 0.14 ETH)
Closing Thoughts
Big Summer Sunday!
An Alien Punk carries a day on its own. Now throw in a Botto Genesis, a big trade, and one of the more substantial 1/1/X days in recent memory.
Let’s see if momentum translates to the week. Sotheby’s concludes Thursday, and there are some big ones in that lot.
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