24 HOURS OF ART: Wednesday Highlights

Digital Art Headlines, Market Highlights, and Analysis from 10/1 - 10/2

Oct 02, 2024

October 2020 edition ‘POLITICS IS BULLSHIT’ /100 by Beeple sells for 50 ETH ($122,700) to Work-In-Progress.

Via Work-In-Progress:
“My dad used to say ‘life is uncertain so eat desert first’. I did the next best thing and bought myself a Politics is Bullshit for my little collection.”

Via Beeple:
“‘POLITICS IS BULLSHIT’
4 years later even more true.”

From The Heart

“It’s been an incredible journey, and this project will always hold a special place” says Jordan Lyall.

The final mint of ‘Heart + Craft’ is ‘#32573’. It fittingly lands with Snowfro, Lyall’s collaborator.

Originally launched as an inclusive open edition, the collection sunsets along with Prohibition, a platform with a mission of “generative art for everyone”. The Space gathers to reciprocate as Jordan Lyall gives flowers to Snowfro, contributors and collectors:

“What started as a virtual collaboration over a few months turned into something far more special—constructing the physicals together in person, affixing them to the shed at the Marfa house, and sending Heart + Craft #1 into space. Experiencing the mission launch together in person was a surreal and inspiring moment that I'll never forget.

To everyone who supported Prohibition and Heart + Craft along the way, thank you. While the platform is winding down, the art will live on-chain and in our hearts.”

NYG Origin

‘ORIGINE’ 1/1 artwork by Nude Yoga Girl sells for 34 ETH ($83,200) to bigint.eth.

Via NYG:
“‘ORIGINE’ means origin in Italian. It’s more than just the beginning — it symbolizes both the connection to and the separation from nature.”

All Together Now

‘Everything All Together’ by JULES sells out 10 artworks for 30.3 ETH total across 9 unique collectors.

Blondie23LMD collects both ‘All The Crayons in The Box’ and ‘BRB’. The latter work disappears “unannounced and randomly” for “a mental health break”.

Via JULES:
“From the mud. With Love. Flowers forever. BYOC [Be Your Own Cabal].”

Notable Pepes Leap

Notable Pepes Series 7 is off and running with two sellouts, each minting at 0.069 ETH per edition:

‘Pepe’s Multidimensional Leap’ /250 by Botto (current list: 0.119 ETH)
‘PEPETHECARD’ /100 by Batz (current list: 0.095 ETH)

Via Batz:
“Such a joy to kick off Series 7!
Cannot wait for yall to see the rest of the cards coming in the series. Some of the best Pepes I’ve ever seen”

Collection: Highlights

‘MAX PAIN’ /5,544 by XCOPY: 9 sales for 6.29 ETH, list: 0.73 ETH
LIVE (AOTM) - ‘Des/Conectados’: Curated collection of leading Brazilian artists
LIVE (Christie’s) - ‘The Ultra-Luxe Five’ by mmERCH x Seedphrase: 5 Lots currently at $26,600 in total bids, 10:00am ET close
LIVE (Expanded Art) - ‘SEED THEORY: TERRAIN’ by Sougwen Chung: 2/4 sold for 2.12 ETH each
LIVE (Highlight x Shape) - ‘Noodlz’ by Harvey Rayner: 89 minted
LIVE (mmERCH) - ‘The Seedphrase Collection’: 119 minted
LIVE (Ninfa) - ‘Higher Power’ by C4RDINAL: 3/10 auctions live at 1 ETH bids
LIVE (Sotheby’s) - ‘Contemporary Discoveries’: 12:00pm ET rolling closes
LIVE (Transient Labs x Shape) - ‘DeePle’ by DeeKay: 67 minted
INCOMING (ClickCreate) - ‘Utopia Identity’ by Lord, curated by Pravijn
INCOMING (Feral File) - ‘Patterns of Flow’
INCOMING (Notable Pepes) - Series 7: Pepelangelo and X-NARDO
INCOMING (The Memes by 6529) - ‘Brain’ by 6529er and 6529

1/1: Highlights

‘roots of violence’ by Tjo: 11.2 ETH to Bigint
‘SHAPE // 0002’ by SHL0MS: 1.111 ETH to gremplin.eth
‘SHAPE // 0003’ by SHL0MS: 1.111 ETH to path.eth
‘Plant Spirits’ by Sleepr: 42 SOL | ~$6,053 USD to Shake and Onda Studios
‘Sunday, 9 October 2022 11:09:26 CET’ by Mario Klingemann: 4.75k XTZ | ~$3,216 USD
‘STRONG HAIR : 005 : ፭’ (Feb 2022 FND) by Yatreda: 1.25 ETH to MT_Highfield
‘GRΞΞN GÖBLIN’ by Aeneas Middleton: 1 ETH to tjo
‘Eternal Twilight’ by Marc Whitelaw: 0.69 ETH to Kazuaki Negishi
‘Edge of Memory’ by Louis Dazy: 0.5 ETH to MeLlamoMatt
‘Denial’ by Cemhah: 1.45 XTZ | ~$1,032 USD to drleenft
‘Anger’ by Cemhah: 1.325k XTZ | ~$904 USD to Sunny
‘Depression’ by Cemhah: 1.001k XTZ | ~$697 USD to Sunny
PRIVATE SALES (SuperRare) - Kristopher Shinn: 5 ‘BWOW INTL’ artworks for 0.25 ETH each
PRIVATE SALES (Foundation) - Mendezmendez: 4 1/1 artworks to Jack Butcher

1/1/X: Highlights

‘Fidenza’ /999 (Art Blocks) by Tyler Hobbs: 26 WETH
‘Ringers’ /1k (Art Blocks) by Dmitri Cherniak: 9.67, 9.67 & 9.66 ETH
‘REMNANTS’ /250 by XCOPY: 5.55 & 5.45 WETH
‘Winds of Yawanawa’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 5.5 & 4.895 ETH, 4.55 WETH
‘Decal’ /100 by XCOPY: 1.59 & 1.3507 WETH
‘Themes and Variations’ /500 by Vera Molnár x Martin Grasser: 1.49 & 1.49 ETH to blur
‘Seize CTRL’ /404 by CTRL: 0.045 BTC
‘beef brothko’ /666 by die with the most likes: 1.2 ETH & 1 WETH
‘alignDRAW’ /2,709 (Fellowship) by Elman Mansimov: 1.16 & 1.15 WETH
‘Chimera’ /986 (Art Blocks) by mpkoz: 1 ETH to owliowl
‘The Currency’ /2,045 by Damien Hirst: 1.0309, 0.5989, 0.5988 & 0.5896 ETH
‘Mutant Garden Seeder’ /513 by Harm van den Dorpel: 0.4037 → 0.85 WETH
‘FREE MATT KANE’ /256 by Matt Kane: 0.8 WETH
‘Terraforms’ /9,911 by Mathcastles: 0.6 WETH to DanKP
‘0xmons’ /341: 0.3581 WETH → 0.599 ETH
‘DeepBlack’ /3,074: 0.53 & 0.52 WETH
‘Sunset from the Bluffs’ /100 (Bright Moments) by Nat Sarkissian: 0.5 ETH to Texas_Ranger
‘Decoherence’ /250 by Pindar Van Arman: 0.4989 WETH to Miodozer
‘Flore Perdue’ /100 (Bright Moments) by Linda Dounia: 0.475 ETH

Edition: Highlights

‘ABUNDANCE’ /100 by Beeple: 5.95 ETH
‘Proof of Origin - Picture of the Planets’ /50 (PROOF) by Matt Kane: 2.6 & 2.1 ETH to Roadweb
‘CHURN’ /148 by XCOPY: 1.25 ETH
‘PROTO-GOUGE’ /99 by XCOPY: 1.01 WETH to Miodozer
‘OBLIVION’ /461 by XCOPY: 0.8095 ETH & 0.7101 WETH
‘SIDEWAYZ’ /395 by XCOPY: 0.7111 WETH
‘Queen of Pop’ /59 by Hackatao: 0.6 ETH to onNFTsGallery
‘The Past’ /45 (Milk and Cookies) by Matt Kane: 0.46 WETH to Miodozer
‘Geometry XII’ /100 by Frank Stella: 0.4 ETH
‘Five Cubes’ /468 by Pak: 0.369 ETH
‘Dark Red Death’ /318 by Alpha Centauri Kid: 0.241 WETH
‘Algae’ /244 by Alpha Centauri Kid: 0.24 WETH to ChiaroscuroCollect
‘A Memelionaire’s Adventure’ /310 by TheHiddenWalls: 0.24 ETH to -DAL-
‘Queen Dartaria’ /132 (Rare Boards) by Alotta Money: $575 to rjd

Closing Thoughts

Everything connected. Primary and secondary. 1/1s, small collections, larger releases, secondary 1/1/X, massive secondary edition. The past 48 hours have been something to behold. It’s too soon to call it a trend, but it sure is nice to see art shining.

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