24 Hours of Art: April 9, 2025

XCOPY Jay Pegs

XCOPY edition jpegs continue to heat up.

No fewer than six sales of 15+ ETH take place within 24 hours:

  • 'RIP by XCOPY - Exotic Crypto 2021' /10 (Oct 2021 Kolectiv): 38.5 ETH to DoubleB, brokered by Eli Scheinman
  • 'The Doomed' /100 (Nov 2019 KO): 37.5 ETH to SentientRobot (seller of RIP), brokered by Eli Scheinman
  • 'Gobble' /15 (Sept 2020 Rarible): 31.155 ETH to F1rstclassJGWallet, brokered by Oliver Morris
  • 'Disintegration' /50 (Dec 2019 KO): 23 WETH to SMB4601
  • 'BOTTOM FEEDER' /38 (Dec 2020 Nifty Gateway): 15 ETH to ConvictionSZN
  • 'GUZZLER' /21 (Mar 2022 Nifty Gateway): 15 ETH to CssualCollector

Via DoubleB:
"$100,000 Eth, $10,000 Eth, or $1,000 Eth It doesn't matter... Hide your grails... Before you know it... gone... RIP"

20 additional sales, ranging from 'Grifters' to 'MAX PAIN', are detailed below.



In With the Old

'Print Screen' by Visualize Value - Jack Butcher and Jalil - closes at 957 mints at 38.79 USDC each and 37,122 USDC total.

The secondary sees 2.13 ETH in early volume with current list at 0.0765 ETH (111 USDC).

The artwork is accompanied by the line "out with the new, in with the old".

Via Jack: "it suggests rejecting the obsession with novelty and speed, especially in digital culture, and embracing the permanence, texture, and intentionality of older forms." Full context is here.


Collection: Highlights

  • 'The Memes by 6529' by punk6529: 94 sales for 19.72 ETH, list: 0.0567 ETH
  • 'Opepen Edition' /15.8k by Jack Butcher | Visualize Value: 20 sales for 5.43 ETH, list: 0.22 ETH
  • 'MAX PAIN' by XCOPY: 7 sales for 5.17 ETH, list: 0.79 ETH
  • 'Terraforms' /9,911 by Mathcastles: 6 sales for 3.19 ETH, list: 0.45 ETH
  • LIVE (Art Blocks) - 'BUSY' by James Merrill: 1/1/50 artwork collection in ranked auction countdown, current minimum bid: 0.1844 ETH, ends 12:00pm ET
  • LIVE (Noble Gallery) - 'Noble Packs' featuring 3 artworks from Bhare, C4, Gelo, jak and/or Matt Szczur: 19/50 remaining at 0.1 ETH each
  • LIVE (SuperRare) - 'Digital Decadence: The Art of Falling Apart': 11 artist exhibition of 1/1 artworks
  • LIVE (Transient Labs) - 'Moments of the Unknown' by Justin Aversano: The second auction of a year-long series is live, auction end times are daily at 12:00am ET

*Incoming Notables

Monday, April 7 - Friday, April 11:
'Daily Rare' by SuperRare: 1/1 artwork auctions from tchaggo, cadmonkey, 0xJoain, Botto and oliviapedi

Wednesday, April 9:
'BLACKPANIKMONDAY' by Darkfarms with The Memes by 6529: up to 332 editions available at 0.06529 ETH each

Friday, April 11:
'New Lands' by Miboso with BrainDrops: 300 artwork collection available at 0.05 ETH each


1/1: Highlights

  • LIVE (SuperRare) - 'PARAPEPE_6' by CADMONKEY: 0.67 ETH bid, ends 12:00pm ET


1/1/X: Highlights

Chromie Squiggle #709 by Snowfro | Ringers #535 by Dmitri Cherniak

  • 'Grifters' /666 by XCOPY: 16 WETH & 15.89 ETH
  • 'Ringers' /1k (Art Blocks) by Dmitri Cherniak: 11 WETH to Jarheadius
  • 'Chromie Squiggle' /10k (Art Blocks) by Snowfro: 10 ETH (5 Color Spread) to forrestm.eth
  • 'Meridian' /1k (Art Blocks) by Matt DesLauriers: 3.6 ETH
  • 'The Flowers Project' /50 by nicedayJules: 2.6 WETH to BatSoupYum
  • 'ICXN' /500 (Art Blocks Engine) by XCOPY: 2 ETH to Hejz
  • 'Memories of Qilin' /1,024 (Art Blocks) by Emily Xie: 1.5 WETH
  • 'Themes and Variations' /500 by Vera Molnar x Martin Grasser: 1.15 WETH to PeaceLandBread
  • 'The Currency' by Damien Hirst: 1.02 WETH to SweetLD
  • 'Pigments' /1,024 (Art Blocks) by Darien Brito: 1, 0.575 & 0.331 ETH (same collector)
  • 'Cargo' /1k (Art Blocks) by Kim Asendorf: 0.98 ETH to Jollytime
  • 'Primera' /400 by Mitchell and Yun: 0.98 WETH to reno99
  • 'alignDRAW' /2,709 (Fellowship) by Elman Mansimov: 0.75 & 0.62 BETH, 0.748 WETH
  • 'Atlas' /198 by Justin Aversano: 0.601 WETH to Miodozer



Edition: Highlights

THE 5000 DAY SELECTS by Beeple



RD Report

XCOPY, Beeple, Art Blocks, Jack... collectors stay focused during times like these.

Art Blocks concludes today and Noble Gallery is 2/3rds through their Packs release. 'The Flowers Project' 1/1/50 by Jules goes back-to-back, first welcoming Sam Spratt and now BatSoupYum. A year of daily auctions (!) are underway for Justin Aversano and Transient Labs, with the first acquired for 0.21 ETH and day two in progress.


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 'Pursuit' 1/1/200 by Per Kristian Stoveland seeing a string of escalating sales - 0.1988, 0.2038, 0.2242, 0.35 & 0.36 ETH. Collection list is now 0.3225 ETH.

Incoming Today: Double Feature

12:00pm ET:
Moments of the Unknown - 002: Guest on Justin Aversano's new daily X Spaces series

2:00pm ET:
The DAM Show - SuperRare Special: Hosting a great one with John Crain, Jonathan Perkins, and Zack Yanger via X livestream

2025 Subscriber Corner

mARTch Madness:

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!


Yesterday's ART:

New World ART.

The 97th design of 2025 honors a trifecta - Dangiuz's 'New World Order', Tyler Hobbs' Black 'Fidenza', and James Merrill's 'BUSIEST' with Art Blocks.

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