Rare Pepe Machine

Two 2016 Series 1 Rare Pepes lead the day:

RAREPEPE | Series 1 Card 1’ /298 - “The Nakamoto Card” - by Mike sees a 26.45 ETH $82,493 USD) sale. It is the same edition that sold just a day prior for 26 WETH ($80,141 USD).

DARKPILLPEPE | Series 1 Card 17’ /29 by DanDarkPill sees two sales for the same edition just one hour apart, first for 4.01 WETH ($12,506 USD) and then 7.49 ETH ($23,360 USD) to 1Dick1Butt.

Past collector Jediwolf said this of the lesser known ‘DARKPILLPEPE’:

“A famous 2016 Rare Pepe card by BTC maxi DanDarkPill originally created to mock Ethereum in its early days. Over time it has become a meme and gained much love from the ETH collectors community.”

Today: The DAM Show!

The Digital Art Market (DAM) Show welcomes Daniel Koeth aka DK alongside host Roger Dickerman for a deep dive on blue skies, photography, how he views the art market, and much more.

Watch the show at 12:00pm ET, livestreamed via X.

Artworks of the Day

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Everyday #10 of 2026

Every day Justin Wetch and Roger Dickerman create an ARTwork.
This one is based on January 10th highlights from Jeff Davis, die with the most likes, Jake and Mike.

Collection: Highlights

marked octopoid (82/1023) (2021) by Pindar Van Arman

  • Primary (Transient Labs) - ‘24 Hours of Art: 2026 Subscriptions’: 343 minted at 0.0624 ETH each across 311 collectors

  • Secondary - ‘The Memes by 6529’: 60 sales for 3.29 ETH, sales >0.2 ETH in Edition section

  • Secondary - ‘podGANs’ by Pindar Van Arman: 7 sales for 2.04 ETH, list: 0.47 ETH

🚨 Live Collections:

SuperRare - ‘M&S’ by TUCCI: 13 artwork collection of 8 botanic engravings (0.05 ETH reserves) and 5 animations (0.1 and 0.169 ETH reserves)

SuperRare - ‘The Wedding’ by Anthony Azekwoh: 20 artwork collection, 14 remain available at 0.5, 0.69 and 2.5 ETH list prices

Manifold - ‘Starweave’ by XSULLO: Evolving set of art-based cards, free claim (every 3 hours and 33 minutes) and set-purchase options, redemptions and 1/1 prize follow later in month

📅 Incoming Collections:

Monday, January 12th:
m0dest with The Memes by 6529

Tuesday, January 13th:
Simulated Horizons’ by Noper with Fellowship and OpenSea

Wednesday, January 14th:
Pendulums’ by Ben Strauss with Transient Labs

1/1: Highlights

Renault 4 () (2021) by Nikita Diakur

1/1/X: Highlights

monkeys33 (2025) by m0dest

Edition: Highlights

Look at The Sun, Look at The Moon (2023) by omentejovem

RD Report

Thus ends our 2026 ART Token mint. Thanks for being here. Strap in for 2026. Checks notes - 353 days to go!

Today m0dest gears up for a next moment with The Memes by 6529, while a few artists are seeing solid results across primary 1-of-1 price tiers, notably SARES (1-1.5 ETH), VERDANDI (0.25-0.4 ETH), and ANDRÉS DEL VECCHIO (0.1-0.2 ETH).

See you at The DAM Show at 12pm ET!

Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 2 ETH+ Collection, 0.2 ETH+ 1/1, 0.4 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.2 ETH+ Edition

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