Three XCOPY editions change hands within 24 hours:
'Link' 1/1/28 by Andreas Gysin and Sidi Vanetti with Nguyen Wahed sees its 15th primary mint for 1.5 ETH (22.5 ETH total) via Highlight.
The mint is the third by Ian Rogers, who first encountered the collection at Paris Photo.
He adds context:
"In this collection Gysin-Vanetti have pushed boundaries while checking all the boxes: repurposing hardware, drawing with custom code, stunning color pallets, and innovatively pulling stop-motion photography into code-driven art, 100% of which is on Arweave. Provenance, code and content alike is stored on-chain, and future displays were anticipated with hi-res assets also stored on-chain and available to the animation code.
To quote famed investor John Templeton, 'the time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy.' We could bemoan the market, or we could appreciate the moment where we can spend time with a collection, understand what the artist intended and how they realized their dream, and collect thoughtfully, buying directly from the artists and a platform that supports artists as opposed to speculators."
Monday, April 7 - Friday, April 11:
'Daily Rare' by SuperRare: 1/1 artwork auctions from tchaggo, cadmonkey, 0xJoain, Botto and oliviapedi
Monday, April 7 - Tuesday, April 8:
'BUSIEST' & 'BUSY' by James Merrill with Art Blocks
High-end XCOPY editions are really starting to move again. Longtime readers and market followers may remember a time when they surged for months.
I appreciate Ian Rogers sharing some of his 'Link' logic with us. He's one of the sharpest minds around and a peak inside it is not something to ignore.
Reuben Wu! His sale is a strong second volley from the in progress SuperRare Exhibition. It follows AllSeeingSeneca.
Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 2.5 ETH+ Collection, 0.3 ETH+ 1/1, 0.5 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.3 ETH+ Edition
Monday at 12:00pm ET via X livestream we welcome Justin Aversano and William Mapan to the The DAM Show. Bring it on!
The Regional dust has settled, and the Final Four is set!
It all comes down to Chromie Squiggles, Lost Robbies, Grifters, and Skulls of Luci.
Place your Final Four votes here.
Tournament Refresher:
The North Star is simple. Remove price considerations and simply decide what art you love. The bracket is limited to Collections and Editions, and of course it is impossible to include even close to everything.
Credits To:
24 Hours of Art Collective member Ryland for spearheading this endeavor and Deconstruct for sprucing up a dark mode bracket graphic!
The Day We Witnessed ART.
The 94th design of 2025 honors All Seeing Seneca's newest work and two big acquisitions of an Autoglyph and HyperRainbow Chromie Squiggle.
Subscriber Count: 248
Subscribe Here