24 HOURS OF ART: Wednesday Highlights
Digital Art Headlines, Market Highlights, and Analysis from 5/7 - 5/8
Dawn of WCC
‘DAWN OF CHECK’ 1/1 by Beeple is privately collected by WCC.
The artwork was originally created February 5, 2023 as Everyday #5759 and is the 6th minted in 2024. Its description reads: "please remember: this is only a work of fiction. the truth, as always, will be far stranger.”
Via WCC:
”Memes run everything.”
This is the second Beeple 1/1 to enter their collection, following ‘FRIDAY NIGHT FUN’ in December, 2023.
Stealth Skull
‘Salt Plains of Brooklyn’ by Sam Spratt is transferred to the storied Alan Howard collection from Chris Bennett.
The 1/1/50 ‘Skulls of Luci’ is the latest in a string of Skulls to change hands during ‘The Monument Game’ Exhibition in Venice.
Via DeeZe:
”Monumental addition to a monumental collection”
Collection: Highlights
Terraforms /9,911 by Mathcastles: 57 ETH volume, list: 0.86 ETH
alignDRAW /2,709 by Elman Mansimov (Fellowship): 17 ETH volume, list: 1.6 ETH
LIVE (Foundation) - All the colours of the wind by Maria Fynsk Norup
LIVE (Ninfa) - The Path Less Traveled by Pho
INCOMING (Foundation) - Simulacra: 15 Artist Exhibition
INCOMING (LiveArt x Magic Eden) - Human by Yue Minjun
INCOMING (The Memes by 6529) - Over the Moon by Loulan
1/1: Highlights
Wonderland by Han: Private Sale to WCC
Bull Market by Rich Caldwell: 1.18 ETH to j1mmyvault
Bear Market by Rich Caldwell: 1.18 ETH to j1mmyvault
Still Life by Erin McGean: 29.2k RARE | $3.3k USD to superrarejohn
Memoirs of the Past: Eden, Before the Lost Age (Aug 2021 SR) by Idil Dursun: 1 ETH to spartanblack_v1
My Eternal Love is 100 Years Old by SaraR: 0.8 ETH
The warrior in lilac armor “ROOTS” by Artem HUMILEVSKYI: 0.8 ETH to sendrock
Matrix of Life (Apr 2022) by MUMBOT: 0.5 ETH to BudT206
LIVE (Foundation) - Post Real 007: Amusing Park (Feb 2023) by Roope Rainisto: 1 ETH bid, ends Mon
LIVE (Foundation) - Carpoolers #6, Carpoolers #10, Carpoolers #12, Carpoolers #38 & Carpoolers #49 by Alejandro Cartagena: All live from same owner with 0.75 ETH bids, end Sun
1/1/X: Highlights
Chromie Squiggle /10k (Art Blocks) by Snowfro: 5.4 ETH
Life In West America /500 by Roope Rainisto: 4.2, 4.15, 3.4 & 3.39 ETH to Cyborg DAO
Winds of Yawanawa /1k by Refik Anadol: 4.08 & 4.08 ETH
Archetype /600 (Art Blocks) by Kjetil Golid: 3.55 WETH → 3.88 ETH (same edition), 3.57 WETH
swarm_ /64 by ripcache: 0.15 BTC to akaStevey
Memories of Qilin /1,024 (Art Blocks) by Emily Xie: 2.49 ETH & 2.08 WETH
Heurist Imaginaries /328: 2.33 WETH & 2.1 ETH
DeepBlack /3,074: 1.5, 0.78 & 0.774 ETH
Construction Token /500 (Art Blocks) by Jeff Davis: 1.15 WETH to _overeXposed_
The Currency /2,010 by Damien Hirst: 0.99 ETH
Yamabushi’s Horizon /128 by Richard Nadler: 7 sales for 5.65 ETH (avg: 0.8 ETH)
SABOTAGE /264 by Kim Asendorf: 0.7, 0.64, 0.63 & 0.6 WETH
Strabismus /94 by Sarah Zucker: 0.65 & 0.3 ETH
Edition: Highlights
INFECTED /123 by Beeple: 6 ETH to TheMysterioHardVault
Afterburn /870 by XCOPY: 1.8 WETH to NFTPERcom_Wood
CHURN /133 by XCOPY: 1.06 WETH
Machine Hallucinations - Mars - B /48 by Refik Anadol: 0.94 ETH
OBLIVION /500 by XCOPY: 0.52 WETH
MAX PAIN /5,889 by XCOPY: 0.51 ETH, 0.45, 0.45, 0.43 & 0.42 WETH
Geometries /2,100 by Frank Stella: 0.35 & 0.35 WETH
Closing Thoughts
Two big private events rule the headlines.
Other eye catchers include the Cyborg DAO sweep of 4 LIWA by Roope Rainisto, Mysterio continuing to pick up Beeple’s for attractive ETH levels (relative to recent sales), and the first swarm_ Ordinal by ripcache to change hands in months goes to akaStevey.
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