24 HOURS OF ART: Thursday Highlights
Digital Art Headlines, Market Highlights, and Analysis from 8/21 - 8/22
“What a ride”
‘Chromie Squiggle’ by Snowfro mints final Squiggle #9999 directly to LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), concluding a years-long journey.
Via Snowfro:
“What a ride…
10k
November 27, 2020 - August 21, 2024”
Collectors and enthusiasts come out in force to celebrate the occasion, highlighted by Beeple memorializing the moment.
The Art Blocks collection explodes with 14 sales for 56.89 ETH total (avg: 4.06 ETH), including a Bold Squiggle sale for 7.67 ETH to Weatherspoone. List is now 4.3 ETH.
Fidenza Flurry
The other Art Blocks standout is ‘Fidenza’ /999 by Tyler Hobbs. It sees 3 sales for 100.88 ETH total:
‘Fidenza #777’ (Relaxed Collision, Golf Socks): 40 ETH
‘Fidenza #864’: 31.88 ETH to MaxEtherEth
‘Fidenza #483’ (Super Blocks): 29 ETH
XCOPY Culture
Raoul Pal’s TheCultureVault - with an appropriate description of “Stories that may last forever…” - adds a blitz of XCOPY KnownOrigin editions to its already stellar collection:
‘No Future’ /15 (Jan 2021 KO): 22.888 ETH from JonathanLittleVault
‘The Damage’/25 (Dec 2019 KO): 22 ETH from NIFTIES
‘No Favour (cold)’ /25 (Dec 2019 KO): 19.99 ETH
‘The Doomed (black & red)’ /15 (Oct 2020 KO): Private Deal from Roadweb
That’s not all in the XCOPY edition ecosystem! Roadweb acquires ‘The State of Us (blue)’ /20 (Aug 2019 KO) for 30 WETH.
Via The Doomed Dao:
“As some would say the journey is the destination. However the collector’s journey is even more satisfying when it ends in success. After months of relentless pursuit our Doomed member Roadweb has finally achieved his goal - ‘The State of Us (Blue)’. Congrats fren!!!”
Brutal Swarm
‘BRUTAL EDGE’ by FAR and Harto with Gamma mints 4,305 artworks for 3.8745 BTC total (~$235k USD).
Via Harto:
“BRUTAL EDGE is is a digital artwork that explores the intersection of virtual and physical realms, leveraging the concepts of ready-made and Swarming.
This project creates evolving digital art… where collectors actively shape the collection’s trajectory”.
Sotheby’s Countdown
60 Lot ‘Digital Art Day Sale’ at Sotheby’s begins rolling auction closes today at 2:00pm ET.
Active Bid Highlights:
‘MOTHER OF EVOLUTION’ by Beeple x Madonna: 70k USD bid
‘Fidenza #795’ & ‘Fidenza #859’ by Tyler Hobbs: 55k USD bids (each)
‘CryptoPunk #244’ & ‘CryptoPunk #491’: 55k USD bids (each)
‘Group of 10 Opepen’ by Snowfro | Jack Butcher: 26k USD bid
‘Ringers #372’ by Dmitri Cherniak: 24k USD bid
Collection: Highlights
‘BitSplits’ by ChainVirus: Mint concludes as a 1/1/1.2k for more than 0.6 BTC total
‘Terraforms’ /9,911 by Mathcastles: 9.21 ETH volume, list: 0.75 ETH
‘FloraForms’ /10k (Belvedere Museum of Vienna) by Harto: 0.197 BTC volume, list: 0.0036 BTC
LIVE (ClickCreate) - ‘Masquerade’ by Oelhan
LIVE (Fellowship) - ‘The End of History’ by Mowgly Lee
LIVE (MakersPlace) - ‘MOONN O)))’ by jrdsctt
LIVE (The Memes by 6529) - ‘FARMERS MARKET’ by C4RDINAL
INCOMING (Expanded Art) - ‘PIXEL GRAIN’ by Patrick Lichty
INCOMING (Verse) - ‘100X100 VOID’ by Scerbo
1/1: Highlights
‘The First Woman’ by Yatreda: 10 ETH to Seedphrase
‘Trust’ (July 2024 FND) by Angela Nikolau: 10 ETH to ModeratsArt
‘My Desires Take Me Places My Eclipse Can’t’ (AOTM) by Omentejovem: 8 ETH to Kanbas
‘{Compendia+} 2024 #2’ by Agoria: 4.35 ETH to jibsskrtt
‘STRONG HAIR : 006 : ፮’ (Feb 2022 FND) by Yatreda: 2.25 ETH to RDToTheMoon
‘Long Walk’ by Chikai: 1 ETH to space_sprockets
‘Noper and 0009 - Eirene’: 0.6 ETH to Seedphrase
‘Noper and 0009 - Perpetuity’: 0.6 ETH to Seedphrase
‘Noper and 0009 - Repose’: 0.6 ETH to Seedphrase
‘K00LP ‘91’ by HATS: 10 SOL | ~$1,430 USD to Tolo
‘Twins’ by Razil: 0.5 ETH to max pretends
‘Post Real 010: Generational Divide’ (Feb 2023 FND) by Roope Rainisto: 0.45 ETH
‘Genuine’ by Gül Yıldız: 0.4 ETH to myMoDA
‘Rogue Trooper’ by George Boya: 0.4 ETH to FlyingBeagle
‘Submerge’ by Tasha V: 0.4 ETH to max pretends
‘MOONN O))) I’ by Jrdsctt: $890 to Jake Barnes
‘icecreamism’ by Lineofakc: 0.25 ETH to deltasauce
‘No Country For Old Men’ by Jake Inez: 0.25 ETH
‘MOONN O))) II’ by Jrdsctt: $569 to DjjD
LIVE (SuperRare) - ‘Malibu’s Most Wanted’ by Brendan North: 1.5 ETH bid, ends 12:31pm ET
LIVE (SuperRare) - ‘Mothers Amidst Morphing Forms’ by Bott: 1.1 ETH bid, ends Fri 4:00pm ET
1/1/X: Highlights
‘Gazers’ /1k (Art Blocks) by Matt Kane: 7.5 ETH to 0x0bi
‘Winds of Yawanawa’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 4.6 & 4.2 ETH
‘Orbit’ /500 by Jiannan Huang: 3.79 ETH
‘Themes and Variations’ /500 by Vera Molnar with Martin Grasser: 1.99 ETH to StachedPunkMint
‘Off Script’ /100 (Bright Moments) by Emily Xie: 1.75 ETH
‘boldinals’ /100 by Bold: 0.0614 & 0.045 BTC
‘Pebbles’ /1k (NextGen 6529) by Zeblocks: 0.9699 ETH
‘SABOTAGE’ /264 by Kim Asendorf: 0.78 ETH to kanbas
‘Screens’ /1k (Art Blocks) by Thomas Lin Pedersen: 0.69 ETH
‘The Currency’ /2,026 by Damien Hirst: 0.65 & 0.65 ETH to evolutionpersonal
‘Persona’ /210 by Rupture: 0.028 & 0.022 BTC
‘Distance’ /250 (Cactoid Labs and LACMA): 0.595 ETH to JukeLunarRig
‘nameless dread’ /669 by Die With The Most Likes: 7 sales for 2.81 ETH (avg: 0.4 ETH)
Edition: Highlights
‘ABUNDANCE’ /100 by Beeple: 6.666 ETH to ModeratsArt
‘Guzzler’ /206 by XCOPY: 2.68 & 2.677 ETH
‘BeastMode’ /150 (Kolectiv) by XCOPY: 2.1777 ETH to Mr_Copernicus_Vault
‘Proof of Origin - Picture of the Planets’ /50 (PROOF) by Matt Kane: 2.1 ETH
‘warning’ /32 by Ripcache: 1.6 ETH to seb_0x
‘QQL Mint Pass’ /693 by Tyler Hobbs x Dandelion Wist Mané: 1.3 WETH to 0xbirdman_eth
‘Complexity’ /100 by Pak: 1 ETH to Physical_2claim
‘Turing Key’ /968 by Cyborg DAO: 0.81, 0.81 & 0.8 WETH
‘XOMBO’ /75 by XCOPY: 0.6 ETH to TheCultureVault
‘PROOF Collective’ /1k: 0.55 ETH to Edborough
‘OBLIVION’ /482 by XCOPY: 0.5 WETH to antxx24
‘MAX PAIN’ /5,747 by XCOPY: 17 sales for 7.55 ETH total (avg: 0.44 ETH) & $1,300
‘AFTER THE CROPS DIED’ /55 (Noble Gallery) by Die With The Most Likes: 0.369 ETH to coloringstrategy.eth
‘An Old Soul’ /150 (Iconic) by Grant Yun: 0.273 ETH to ABInvestorLedgerVault
‘Carbon’ by Pak: 0.265 WETH to mydumpeth
‘permanent relevance’ /19 by Die With The Most Likes: 0.2504 WETH
Closing Thoughts
Today has it all. The final Squiggle (and subsequent secondary activity). Primary mints and 1/1 sales. Raid of the XCOPY KnownOrigin archives. Line items contain ~5 sales that would normally (easily) make headlines.
Just in time for 60 Lots to close at Sotheby’s! Which brings me to…
Live Today:
1:00PM ET: ‘24 Hours of Art: Sotheby’s Countdown’ hosted by Bryan Brinkman and me
24 Hours of Art:
