24 HOURS OF ART: Wednesday Highlights
Digital Art Headlines, Market Highlights, and Analysis from 11/12 - 11/13
The Digital Art Market Report: Volume II Arrives
Yesterday, we released Volume II of The Digital Art Market Report. Have a read! It includes stories about Beeple, Yatreda, Fellowship, Notable Pepes and more, contributor content from Jediwolf, an interview with Punk4945, and top sales charts for the time period.
Here is the social announcement!
Selfie for The Culture
Via Cozomo de’ Medici:
“Once in a great while, the earth splits open and an ultra grail moves”
‘Last Selfie’ #2/10 by XCOPY is headed to The Culture Vault of Raoul Pal. Originally publicly listed for 333 ETH, it moves via private OTC deal.
Via Raoul Pal:
“I love the work of XCOPY and to me he is the most important NFT digital artist, along with Beeple. The reasoning is that culture holds immense value over time and NFT's allow for culture to be forever recorded on chain. XCOPY is the culture of crypto + the internet and will forever serve as a time capsule for this early cultural moment.
Most of all, I love the art. XCOPY pioneered an entirely new form of art which resonates massively with me.”
Raoul Pal thanks Jediwolf, Cozomo de’ Medici and Sergito, as well as the original minter artplusbrad.
Via Mdiac:
“A huge purchase by Raoul, but let’s also take a moment to appreciate artplusbrad’s conviction to mint Last Selfie #2/10 (for $18) in January 2019
Remarkably, he also minted The Doomed #10/100 (for $4) less than 24 hours later. He still owns it”
Ethereum Artifacts
“everything the market doesn’t want in one protocol” says Jack Butcher, as he and Jalil release ‘MINT PROTOCOL’.
Via ygg:
“MINT gives you the chance to create and collect artifacts on the Ethereum Mainnet through a unique value discovery process:
a 24-hour mint, where the price is split 50% between network gas fees and 50% artist compensation.”
‘Tradeoffs (#1)’ is released within a new Artifacts collection and sees a massive 149,047 mints in 24 hours. Its description reads “True value lies in conscious choice.”
Squiggle Sweeps
‘Chromie Squiggle’ /10k by Snowfro sees a huge day with 24 sales for 79.26 ETH (avg: 3.3 ETH), pushing the Art Blocks Collection’s list to 3.83 ETH.
Seedphrase Vaults
Via Seedphrase:
“VAULTED”
Seedphrase collects ‘we still felt’ by die with the most likes sells for 20 ETH ($65,140) from janne. The January 2022 SuperRare mint is the third consecutive all-time high for the artist within a span of 2 weeks.
Broken Keys on the Move
‘The Mad Pianist’ by Alpha Centauri Kid sells for 14 ETH ($44,600) to diegorst.eth via Fountain. It is part of the 48 artwork ‘Broken Keys’ Collection, originally released in May, 2023.
Collection: Highlights
‘Checks - VV Originals’ /5,053 by Jack Butcher: 24 sales for 15.38 ETH, list: 0.21 ETH
‘PROOF Collective’ /1k by PROOF: 35 sales for 11.73 ETH, list: 0.24 ETH
‘DAMAGE CONTROL’ by XCOPY: 10 sales for 9.43 ETH, list: 0.8 ETH
‘MAX PAIN’ by XCOPY: 9 sales for 7.43 ETH, list: 0.86 ETH
‘Checks - VV Edition’ /5,073 by Jack Butcher: 26 sales for 6.8 ETH, list: 0.28 ETH
‘Terraforms’ /9,911 by Mathcastles: 9 sales for 4.39 ETH, list: 0.49 ETH
INQUIRY (Fellowship) - ‘Evolved Hallucinations’ by Trevor Paglen
LIVE (AOTM) - ‘42069’ by Rare Scrilla
LIVE (Ninfa) - ‘The Absurdity of Now’ by Kelly McDermott
LIVE (Verse) - ‘ISO/IEC 10646’ by Paul Prudence
INCOMING (ClickCreate) - ‘gm!’ by Osinachi, curated by Batsoupyum
INCOMING (Highlight) - ‘Verloop — Dégradé’ by Rik Oostenbroek
INCOMING (The Memes by 6529) - ‘T.A.P. Village’ by Yu Cai
INCOMING (Verse) - ‘Level 1’ by tinysoul
1/1: Highlights
‘Performance Friendly’ by Artemis: 2 ETH to flannelcapital
‘Observation & Interaction #4’ by Lars Wander: $5,000 to Valpor
‘Tidal Tessellation.240326’ by seohyo: 0.7 ETH to maxkarlan
‘Even Still’ by INFINITEYAY: 0.4 ETH to nrlimmortal.eth
‘Crypto Art Show’ by Max Osiris: 0.3 ETH to omz
LIVE (Anons dot art) - ‘ANON #9’ by Matt Kane: 4.2 ETH bid, ends 5:28pm ET
LIVE (Anons dot art) - ‘You are henceforth secure’ by Matt Kane: 1.337 ETH bid, ends 5:10pm ET
1/1/X: Highlights
‘Fidenza’ /999 (Art Blocks) by Tyler Hobbs: 27 ETH (Large Scale, sold for 18.5 WETH just over a day ago)
‘Grifters’ /666 by XCOPY: 8.9, 8.69 & 8.69 ETH
‘Twelvefold’ /300 by Yuga Labs: 0.195 & 0.19 BTC
‘Winds of Yawanawa’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 5.4999 ETH & 4.65 WETH
‘The Harvest’ /400 (Art Blocks) by Per Kristian Stoveland: 2 ETH
‘Construction Token’ /500 (Art Blocks) by Jeff Davis: 1.34 ETH to 0xAlbedo
‘Cargo’ /999 (Art Blocks) by Kim Asendorf: 0.95, 0.95 & 0.94 ETH to Bob_Loukas
‘On the Edge of Oblivion’ /554 by Nullish: 0.027, 0.0269 & 0.016 BTC
‘The Currency’ /2,049 by Damien Hirst: 0.69 & 0.69 ETH, 0.621 & 0.6201 WETH
‘sail-o-bots’ /750 (Art Blocks) by sturec: 0.69 & 0.69 ETH
‘Proscenium’ /400 (Art Blocks) by remnynt: 0.695 ETH
‘Contractions’ /280 (Art Blocks) by Loie Hollowell: 0.66 WETH to CyberTie
‘Machine Hallucinations — NYC’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 0.5 & 0.3549 WETH
‘The Empresses’ /920 by Damien Hirst: 0.5 ETH
Edition: Highlights
‘EXIT STRATEGY’ /420 (The Memes by 6529) by XCOPY: 2.69 ETH
‘Dead Ramen’ /67 by Mad Dog Jones x Deadmau5: $6,900 to sushabit
‘Afterburn’ /870 by XCOPY: $6,000 & $5,900
‘Untitled’ /20 by omentejovem: 0.4601 WETH
‘SeizeJPGs’ /1k (The Memes by 6529) by 6529er: 0.33 ETH
‘Apollo 11 v1’ /10 by Michael Kagan: $950 to not_han_solo
‘GIFT GOAT’ /1,110 by Beeple x VeeFriends: 0.289, 0.25 & 0.225 ETH
‘DALL-E’s Revenge’ /420 (The Memes by 6529) by Alpha Centauri Kid: 0.28 WETH to sheltronica
‘T +/- SERIES — SPLASHDOWN’ /230 by Refik Anadol: 0.62 ETH & 0.2761 WETH
Closing Thoughts
What a week it has been. We’re going to need a show to break all of the above down. Art is having a moment!
24 Hours of Art: Designs
