Art Market Report - April 21
A weekly report on the NFT Art Market, covering 1/1s, AI & generative art, editions and other important news.
1/1s
$LAVE (2019) by XCOPY was collected by batsoupyum for 315 ETH on SuperRare’s secondary market. $LAVE, posted on Tumblr in 2016, predates the rise of CryptoArt and NFTs. Learn more about the backstory of $LAVE here.
but wait...my bags! by Alpha Centauri Kid was collected by Bharat Krymo for 28.69 ETH on SuperRare. The final 7 bidders each received one of the 🫶 Reapers, a unique bidder's edition (1/1/8).
Neon Whispers in Parallel by Botto was collected for 5.404 ETH on SuperRare.
RAGE by Patrick Amadon was collected by Kelvin Koh for 4.916 ETH on SuperRare.
Sandstorm.RAD and Noise.RAD by Chepertom were collected by lemonde2d for 1.75 ETH each on SuperRare.
EDITIONS, GENERATIVE, & AI ART
Last Selfie (2019, edition of 10) by XCOPY was collected by Punk4945 for 277.3 ETH. Widely considered as one of XCOPY’s best and most important works, Last Selfie, as an edition, is valued more than some of the 1/1s currently listed on the secondary market.
Other notable XCOPY edition sales this week:
The State of Us (blue) (2019, edition of 20) - 50 ETH
The Doomed (red) (2020, edition of 10) - 32 ETH
The Doomed (2018, edition of 100) - 26 ETH
Grifters also saw 122 ETH (+267%) volume in the past 7 days. Floor went up to 13.85 ETH.
Grant Yun released SOL edition of 250 A Bright Spring Day (from the series "Life In Japan”) on Exchange Art for 1.9 SOL each, which sold out in under 10 min.
Coldie released Ordinals OE Michael Saylor - Decentral Eyes on Gamma for .0001 BTC each to celebrate the 4th BTC halving. 3,044 were minted in the 21-hour window.
Batz launched generative series Memes — a culmination of his idea of “modern memeism” — which allows collectors to personally generate and curate their memes.
POLITICS IS BULLSHIT #79/100 & #77/100 by Beeple were collected for 55 ETH & 45 ETH. BEEPLE: EVERYDAYS - THE 2020 COLLECTION also saw 105 ETH (+177%) volume in the past 7 days.
EXHIBITIONS
This week, Sam Spratt's solo exhibition, "The Monument Game," organized by 1OF1, opened in Venice during the Venice Biennale. Situated at Docks Cantiere Cucchini, the exhibition will run until June 21st. Learn more here.
