24 HOURS OF ART: Wednesday Highlights
Digital Art Headlines, Market Highlights, and Analysis from 12/17 - 12/18
Sotheby’s Digital Art Day
‘Digital Art Day Auction’ concludes at Sotheby’s as 34 of 37 Lots sell for a total of $1,114,920.
Sotheby’s reports more than 760 bids and 125 unique bidders.
10 Highlights:
‘Fidenza #526’ (Micro) by Tyler Hobbs: 480,000
‘Self-Miracle #555’ by Cheng Ran | Sun Bohan: 144,000
‘AI Imagined Faces’ by Pindar Van Arman: 96,000 USD
‘Winds of Yawanawa #159’ by Refik Anadol: 66,000 USD
‘Starbase 2050’ by Rui Huang: 57,600 USD
‘Alan Turing, Sketch I’ by Ai-Da Robot: 54,000 USD
‘Alan Turing, Sketch II’ by Ai-Da Robot: 48,000 USD
‘Imago 2k2 a.C.’ by Hackatao: 24,000 USD
‘CrypToadz #5634’ by Gremplin: 15,600 USD
‘circus elephant’ by Alpha Centauri Kid: 14,400 USD
Christie’s Next Wave
‘Next Wave’ concludes at Christie’s as 15 of 21 Lots sell for a total of 34.84 ETH.
‘The Queen’s Guard’ by Yatreda leads the way with a 12.86 ETH sale to pukalisa.eth. The sale marks a new USD high in the ‘Abyssinian Queen’ collection. 4 of 5 artworks were displayed at Toledo Museum of Art, with the Museum itself acquiring the title piece for 50,000 USDC.
Via Yatreda:
“A big congratulations to the winner Blondie23LMD [pukalisa.eth]. Anyone who got the chance to spend time with her in real life knows what kind of true person she is. A strong and successful business leader but also so genuine and supportive to the arts.
I was so thankful to have Blondie join our group all the way at Toledo Museum to see the exhibition. At the museum, we worked so hard to raise the quality of digital art exhibitions and take what we are doing to the next level. Experiencing how this has been received alongside friends like this is truly rewarding.”
All Next Wave Results:
‘The Queen’s Guard’ by Yatreda: 12.86 ETH to pukalisa.eth
‘Convergence’ by Trevor Jones: 3.69 ETH
‘Climb’ by Bryan Brinkman: 2.55555 ETH to dispatcher.sudojames.eth
‘Incision’ by Mad Dog Jones: 2.5 ETH
‘Nite Owl’ by Mad Dog Jones: 2.5 ETH
‘Emulator 1: Guardian’ by Joey L: 2 ETH to chikai.eth
‘Seam and Gusset and Band’ by Rebecca Rose: 2 ETH
‘We Seek the Center’ by Obvious: 2 ETH
‘Bestemor’s House’ by Ben Skaar: 1.5 ETH to WAPSHOP_Wallet
‘PASSENGER’ by Cowboy Killer: 1 ETH to TheBenMeadows
‘Soft Tension’ by Noper: 0.75 ETH to louisealexandergallery-whiteglove
‘Linework, Shadow Play’ by Jordan Buschur: 0.5 ETH
‘Wilting - living’ by Goyong: 0.5 ETH to maxkarlan
‘White Horses' by Spøgelsesmaskinen: 0.33 ETH to JonathanLittleVault
‘Little man! #61 Pons Special Edition!’ by Cayden: 0.15 ETH to soydade.eth
Next Up:
Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s
One more multi-lot auction remains this week, and it is ‘Post-War and Contemporary Art’ at Christie’s. Rolling closes begin today at 10:00am ET.
Digital Highlights:
‘Pillar’ by Jesse Draxler: 50k USD bid
‘Fidenza #94’ by Tyler Hobbs: 50k USD bid
‘Fidenza #799’ by Tyler Hobbs: 48k USD bid
‘Chromie Squiggle #3792’ by Snowfro: 22k USD bid
‘Ringers #310’ by Dmitri Cherniak: 20k USD bid
‘Warren Buffett - Filthy Fiat’ by Coldie: 12k USD bid
Collection: Highlights
Primary (Verse | TENDER) - ‘Catastrophic Forgetting’ by Emi Kusano: Sells out in minutes for $8,000 primary
‘Opepen Edition’ /15.8k by Jack Butcher: 59 sales for 22.64 ETH, list: 0.29 ETH
‘Terraforms’ /9,911 by Mathcastles: 15 sales for 18.25 ETH, list: 0.95 ETH
‘LOVE Tennis Art Project’ /300 by Martin Grasser: 9 sales for 16.02 ETH, list: 3 ETH
‘Latent Ink’ /500 (Fellowship) by Eko33: 6 sales for 6.79 ETH, list: 0.99 ETH
‘Checks - VV Edition’ /4,989 by Jack Butcher: 11 sales for 5.08 ETH, list: 0.49 ETH
LIVE (AOTM) - ‘42069’ by Rare Scrilla
LIVE (Art Blocks) - ‘Box Light Studies’ by Zach Lieberman
LIVE (Flamingo DAO) - ‘AM’ by Andrea Ciulu
LIVE (Gamma) - ‘Ape In’ by Hafftka
LIVE (Highlight) - ‘MMZ Last Tango’ by qubibi: 57/95 minted
LIVE (Transient Labs) - ‘TLx Legacy’: Limited Editions from Dave Krugman, 0xdgb, and Eddie Wharton
INCOMING (gm.studio | Highlight) - ‘Ronin 浪人’ by Richard Nadler
INCOMING (Transient Labs) - 24 Hours of Art: 2025 Dynamic Artwork
1/1: Highlights
‘All Things Must Die’ (April 2019 SR) by Coldie: 3.5 ETH to metaissance
‘Of Sound & Fury’ by Louis Dazy: 0.5 ETH
‘Starcatcher’ by ValyaNarts: 0.333 ETH to droidburner
1/1/X: Highlights
TRADE (OpenSea): ‘REMNANT #64’ by XCOPY to Freecard_Collection | 3.1 WETH and ‘Afterburn’ /594 by XCOPY to RoadwebVault
‘Series 0: Synth Poems - Token 36’ by 0xDEAFBEEF: 6.0815 WETH
‘Chromie Squiggle’ /10k (Art Blocks) by Snowfro: 5.9 ETH (Slinky)
‘Petro National’ /195 (Art Blocks) by John Gerrard: 2.75 ETH to rege_eth
‘alignDRAW’ 2,709 (Fellowship) by Elman Mansimov: 1.4965 & 1.4917 WETH to ethernyx…
‘The Currency’ /2,065 by Damien Hirst: 1.1, 1.06, 1.0351, 1.0001 & 0.95 WETH
‘beef brothko’ /666 by die with the most likes: 1, 1 & 1 ETH, 0.9 WETH
‘Contractions’ /280 (Art Blocks) by Loie Hollowell: 0.98 WETH
‘Persona’ /210 by Rupture: 0.0369 BTC
‘Decoherence’ /250 by Pindar Van Arman: 0.83 & 0.775 ETH
‘Seize CTRL’ /404 by CTRL: 0.03 BTC
Edition: Highlights
‘SAINT_LESS (Waves)’ /200 (NFTBoxes) by XCOPY: 2.5 WETH to Web_III
‘EXIT STRATEGY’ /420 (The Memes by 6529) by XCOPY: 2.1 WETH to dsoeirosanches.eth
‘Everydays: Group Effort’ /100 (PROOF) by Beeple: 1.85 ETH to your_mothers_account
‘QQL Mint Pass’ /679 by Tyler Hobbs x Dandelion Wist Mané: 1.7 WETH & 1.6199 ETH
‘Monochrome Baby Connection’ /33 by Federico Clapis: $5,999 to sushabit
‘Afterburn’ /594 by XCOPY: 1.61 WETH to AlexSorb
‘The Alchemist’s Playroom’ /50 (PROOF) by Botto: 1.37 WETH to showsupnaked.eth
‘SIDEWAYZ’ /378 by XCOPY: 0.828 WETH to onNFTsGallery
‘OBLIVION’ /444 by XCOPY: 0.81 & 0.81 WETH to uglybitch
‘MAX PAIN’ /5,161 by XCOPY: 0.75 & 0.74 ETH
‘Grieving Conceptions - Flooded’ /50 by Federico Clapis: $2,600 to sushabit
‘high school employment opportunity’ /6 by die with the most likes: 0.6529 ETH to Hans_11
‘PROOF Collective’ /1k by PROOF: 0.4 WETH
‘asszuki number three’ /9 by die with the most likes: 0.3369 ETH to Hans_11
‘fuckable forge’ /9 by die with the most likes: 0.33 ETH to Hans_11
‘The Bitcoin Angel's Share - 30 Year Old’ /15 by Trevor Jones: 0.3 ETH to SansoucieVault
‘LetsWalk’ by DeeKay: 0.2708 & 0.27 WETH
Closing Thoughts
Auction house frenzy!
Mixed results at each house. The big winner of Christie’s is Yatreda, setting a new USD high mark, while 6 Lots went unsold. Sotheby’s sees strong results for Pindar Van Arman, Refik Anadol’s Winds, and Rui Huang, while seeing the Micro Fidenza by Tyler Hobbs fall significantly short of a Micro that traded last week.
Incoming:
2:00pm ET: Transient Labs TLx Spaces: Let’s Talk 24 Hours of Art and Plans for 2025
24 Hours of Art Collective:
Today is the day we announce a 2025 dynamic NFT that will encompass every ART design of 2025, as well as act as an all year long subscription to token gated and/or emailed report content.
You’re up first, 24 Hours of Art Collective! You’ll have 24 hours to grab one (or more) at discount. Stay tuned…
Save the Date!
Thursday 12:00pm ET: The Digital Art Market (DAM) Show! We will be live for 24 HOURS STRAIGHT to ring in the holiday season and turn the calendar on 24 Hours of Art. Thus far we’ve announced beginning, middle, and end segments with die with the most likes, 787, and Jack Butcher.
24 Hours of Art: Designs
