'Fidenza' /999 by Tyler Hobbs sees a big sale of 1 of 26 Black Fidenzas - '#908' - for 60 ETH to beanmeup.
Via the collector:
"Last night a dream of mine finally materialized... I love the clean aesthetic of the black palette, and when paired with the no-turbulence trait, it creates a beautifully elegant 'piano keys' style output."
He thanks Thor for guidance and Eli Scheinman for facilitating the deal.
XCOPY activity continues at a rapid pace with two highlights:
Three 'Grifters' 1/1/666 by XCOPY are acquired by MemeStrategy for 26.69 (Yellow Shady), 18.45 and 16.99 ETH.
'DISRUPTOR' /10 by XCOPY sells for 35 ETH to Send-Deal, and the artwork stays true to its name. Conviction reports an agreed upon deal being front-ran by... Send-Deal.
An additional 12 XCOPY sales for 33.22 ETH are detailed below.
'New World Order' by Dangiuz sells for 25 ETH ($39,215 USD) to artblonkz via SuperRare.
Artwork Description:
"Surviving is an act of rebellion"
Via Dangiuz:
"Extremely proud to welcome Ablo to the collectors' family. Amidst this market bloodbath, the conviction some people show by independently stepping up and scooping grails is incredibly worthy of notice."
'BUSIEST' by James Merrill with Art Blocks swiftly sells out a 5 artist-curated artworks and signed large-format pen plots for 2 ETH each and 10 ETH total.
The artist's follow-up 50 piece collection 'BUSY' begins a ranked auction today with starting bids of 0.05 ETH each.
Monday, April 7 - Friday, April 11:
'Daily Rare' by SuperRare: 1/1 artwork auctions from tchaggo, cadmonkey, 0xJoain, Botto and oliviapedi
Tuesday, April 8:
'BUSY' by James Merrill with Art Blocks: 50 digital artwork ranked auction with winners eligible to claim corresponding pen plot
Tuesday, April 8:
'Moments of the Unknown' by Justin Aversano with Transient Labs: Daily year-long auctions of globally captured 0:10 video artworks begin
Tuesday, April 8:
'Noble Packs' by Noble Gallery: 50 packs including 3 artworks each, 5 participating artists - Bhare, C4, Gelo, jak and Matt Szczur
The digital art market is not mirroring crypto pain, and we see a second consecutive packed day across deals, primary releases, and intense line items.
Several "outside the headlines" sales stood out to me, including the Sofia Crespo 1/1, DK completing a good looking triptych for ForeTwenty, Mapan's Anticyclone with a big day, Asendorf's Monogrids continuing to lead Tezos collections, Sam Spratt joining the Flowers Project (nicedayJules), and a deep cut XCOPY KO collab edition (with Yura Miron) moving.
Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 3 ETH+ Collection, 0.3 ETH+ 1/1, 0.6 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.3 ETH+ Edition
Under Threshold...
...but interesting to me is 'Death.exe' 1/1/100 by Neurocolor seeing 7 sales. The first 3 went to XCOPY (save-as.eth) for 0.4, 0.29 & 0.249 ETH. PerryChick then acquired 4 more for 0.3, 0.29, 0.255 & 0.25 ETH.
Another enjoyable set of conversations is in the books, with Justin Aversano in hour one and William Mapan in hour two.
The thoughtfulness of these two artists is a commonality, and it felt fitting to speak to them back-to-back. Make sure you watch the end as William walks us around the gallery and flips through his sketchbooks.
Watch the episode here.
Save The Date:
Wednesday at 2:00pm ET is a SuperRare special DAM Show, as I welcome in John, Jonathan, and Zack.
It all comes down to this!
Chromie Squiggle by Snowfro v. Skulls of Luci by Sam Spratt.
Place your Championship 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!
Crazy XCOPY.
The 96th design of 2025 honors a Matt Furie Rare Pepe framework to reflect on a wild day in the world of XCOPY.
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