24 HOURS OF ART: Thursday Highlights
Digital Art Headlines, Market Highlights, and Analysis from 10/16 - 10/17
100K Characters
‘MOVEABLE TYPE’ by 0xDEAFBEEF captivates on Shape L2, concluding its first mint at over 100,000 randomized character NFTs. 13 collectors currently possess 1k+ each, with aldover.eth topping the list at 2,694.
The core concept is best explained by a DEAFBEEF essay reflecting on communication technologies, chronology, permanence, re-animation, and more.
An “experimental, open-ended, participatory word game” begins within the deflationary collection. Participants have the ability to permanently fuse characters together, burning them in the process and resulting in new NFTs. Each NFT of 3+ characters (e.g. cat) in length will be enforced as unique.
Via DEAFBEEF:
“You can think of me as the chairman of the Federal Reserve of Moveable Type. My mission is to make it fun and interesting…”
Lumenated
The ‘Lumen Prize Anniversary Auction 2024’ concludes with Sotheby’s as 15 Lots close for $95,640 total.
‘Artefact 26’ by Sougwen Chung sells for $54,000 and highlights the charity auction curated by Auronda Scalera and Alfredo Cramerotti. Proceeds help fund the 2025 Lumen Prize.
Via Sotheby’s:
“100% of lots sold
217 bids
52 bidders”
Got Lamp
Via mpkoz:
“I can’t wait to see the lamps y’all have generated… Now I just have to build them!”
He’ll have to build all 20, as ‘Bokeh’ by mpkoz with Art Blocks Curated swiftly sells out. The “distinct pieces of sculptural lighting” - each complemented with a digital artwork - sell for $3,000 each, totaling $60,000 for the first of a three stage release.
“Got Lamp” echoes across social media as collectors including Derek Edws, Kanbas, Max Karlan, and Sam Spratt share their acquisitions.
Beeple Spring
Another 4 sales for 63.5 ETH total are in for Beeple editions, all within the ‘SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION’:
‘GIGACHAD’ /100: 30 ETH to pakn94122
‘BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIBLE’ /100: 13 WETH to Work-In-Progress
‘REBIRTH’ /100: 11 ETH to Work-In-Progress
‘JANUARY 1ST, 2021’ /100: 9.5 WETH
This marks 3 consecutive days of 50+ ETH volume in the overall Beeple edition ecosystem.
Jack Kaido’s Fine Art
‘attrition [fine art]’ by Jack Kaido sells for 12.69 ETH to an anonymous buyer via AOTM Gallery.
It marks Kaido’s first sale through AOTM for a painting recently displayed at Saatchi Gallery in London as part of the British Art Fair’s ‘Pivotal: Digitalism’ exhibition.
The artwork contains this description:
"One thing I can guarantee that if I’m ever asked to put one in any kind of gallery, the painting will be titled Fine Art
1:01 AM · May 28, 2021”
Ringer Diptych
‘Ringers’ /1k (Art Blocks) by Dmitri Cherniak see two sales for 9.1 and 9 WETH to unique collectors. Collection list is now 11.999 ETH.
Notable Pepe Update
The 50 artist Notable Pepes October series continues:
Two Live:
‘what we once carried’ by die with the most likes: 100/100 minted, 7 secondary sales for 2.55 ETH (avg: 0.36 ETH)
‘HowToMakeAPepe’ by Crimson Rider: 55/69 minted thus far
Two Incoming:
‘Pepe in Wonderland’ by Killer Acid: 100 available
‘Nice Rack, Pepe’ by Fake Annie: 69 available
Collection: Highlights
Primary | ClickCreate - ‘Panthera Onca’ by 0010: Sells out 95 editions across SubPass (0.02169 ETH) and Public (0.02969 ETH) phases
Primary | Fellowship - ‘MORPHIC RESONANCES’ by LEGIO X: 22 sales for 3.03 ETH
Primary | Manifold - ‘BRAINWASHING’ by Kevin Abosch: Mints 66 editions for 2.64 ETH (0.04 ETH each)
‘MAX PAIN’ /5,504 by XCOPY: 23 sales for 18.43 ETH, list: 0.84 ETH
‘Terraforms’ /9,911 by Mathcastles: 15 sales for 7.35 ETH, list: 0.52 ETH
LIVE (Fellowship) - ‘VISIOMATHS’ by Boldtron
LIVE (Iconic x MoA+L) - ‘COMPLETION: FRAGMENTS’ by Sasha Stiles
LIVE (SHILLR) - ‘A Comfy Place’ by Daniel Koeth (76/111 minted) and ‘Self Reflection’ by Hayden Clay (72/111 minted)
LIVE (The Memes by 6529) - ‘Here Lies’ by Bager Kaya
INCOMING (Fellowship) - ‘(loop (format t "~%")) ;2 ^ int main(){for(;;);} //1’ by NousesKou
INCOMING (Sotheby’s) - Botto
INCOMING (Verse x Artie Galerie) - ‘Crash’ by RJ
1/1: Highlights
‘Ego Death in Technicolor’ by Eko33 (with ARTXCODE): $7,500 to Alex
‘EVERYDAY ARTIFACTS [04.29.23] _ #17’ by Beeple: 2.1101 WETH to JTesh22
‘EVERYDAY ARTIFACTS [04.29.23] _ #46’ by Beeple: 2 WETH to SKETH
‘REDEEMED’ by DrainedEye: 0.5 ETH to terrandiablo
‘Limb - 45’ by Joice Loo: 7.4 SOL | $1,151 USD
PRIVATE ACQUISITION - ‘Night Vision’ by Jake Fried: to VincentVanDough
PRIVATE ACQUISITION - ‘Reality’ by Han: to Pablo Fraile
LIVE (Asprey Studio) - ‘You Could Suffer in Heaven’ by Defaced: 35k USD bid from WCC
LIVE (Transient Labs | Shape) - ‘MY LAND, 1896’ by Yatreda: 4.69 ETH bid, ends Fri 12:00pm ET
LIVE (SuperRare) - ‘Encased Histories Spilled Secrets’ by Botto: 2 ETH bid, ends Fri 4:00pm ET
1/1/X: Highlights
‘COPE SALADA’ /250 by XCOPY: 4 WETH to Arsonic
‘Winds of Yawanawa’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 3.8816 WETH
‘Meridian’ /1k (Art Blocks) by Matt DesLauriers: 2.8 WETH to ksyy
‘Life In West America’ /500 (BrainDrops) by Roope Rainisto: 2.69 ETH to NXF-D-VERSE
‘PEGZ’ /103 by Matt Furie: 2.25 WETH to xboppy
‘Mutant Garden Seeder’ /513 by Harm van den Dorpel: 1.25, 0.8299 & 0.8299 ETH to pretend.eth
‘Checks - VV Originals’ /5,083 by Jack Butcher: 1.17 WETH to UsoppTheSniper
‘alignDRAW’ /2,709 (Fellowship) by Elman Mansimov: 1.05 WETH to swvault
‘CHRONOPHOTOGRAPH’ /265 by 0xDEAFBEEF: 1.05 WETH
‘nameless dread’ /669 by die with the most likes: 0.69 ETH to VincentVanDough
‘DeePle’ /500 by DeeKay: 0.635, 0.589 & 0.58 ETH, 0.4 WETH
‘podGANs’ /1,024 (BrainDrops) by Pindar Van Arman: 0.59 ETH to blur
‘Maps’ /90 (Art Blocks) by John Provencher: 0.54, 0.25, 0.25 & 0.25 ETH
‘Chimera’ /986 (Art Blocks) by mpkoz: 0.5075 WETH to MaxMy
‘Fragments of an Infinite Field’ /1,024 (Art Blocks) by Monica Rizzolli: 0.47 WETH to polomaker
Edition: Highlights
‘EXIT STRATEGY’ /420 (The Memes by 6529) by XCOPY: 2.297 ETH to vitalikspenis
‘PROTO-GOUGE’ /99 by XCOPY: 1.5469 ETH to EIGHTYEIGHT-ART-VAULT
‘OBLIVION’ /454 by XCOPY: 0.838, 0.837 & 0.8365 ETH
‘PROOF Collective’ /1k by PROOF: 0.804 ETH to swvault
‘BANG_BANG’ /249 by XCOPY: 0.8 WETH
‘dying in your digital gallery’ /10 by die with the most likes: 2k XTZ | $1,381 USD to Goat Keeper
‘another.tuesday’ /10 by nicedayJules: 0.5 WETH to nicedayJules
‘XCyberSkull’ /88 by Cyber Skull x XCOPY: 0.2999 ETH to ChemisTrent
‘LetsWalk’ by DeeKay: 0.2923 & 0.2923 WETH
Closing Thoughts
The week sure picked up, didn’t it?
DEAFBEEF’s release is the latest to flex the power of Shape (and L2s in general). The more dynamic, tx rich concepts we see built by leading artists, the stronger its chances of success.
The live and private acquisition section of 1/1s is particularly hefty today, a mix of old and new.