Art Market Report - February 11
A weekly report on the NFT Art Market, covering 1/1s, generative art, editions and other important news.
1/1s
Breaker by XCOPY was collected by SuperRare Zack for 100 ETH on SuperRare’s secondary market.
Gift of Frankincense by Yatreda was collected by Kettle for 11.5 ETH on Foundation’s secondary market. The motion portrait from the series Kingdoms of Ethiopia, which features historical Ethiopian heroes and heroines, depicts Seba Segel, the traveling astronomer king, bearing a gift of frankincense.
Kaido #1 — ‘Benzos’ (2021), Jack Kaido’s genesis mint, was collected by rags for 10 ETH on the secondary market.
The Origin by Ryan Koopmans was collected by Dan Anderson for 0.5 BTC on Magic Eden. This genesis inscription on Bitcoin is a dynamic 1-of-1 artwork. With Ancestor-Parent-Child provenance, it utilizes recursion to change from day to night based on the actual time zone of the real architectural ruin. Learn more here.
Bridget’s Old Room by Summer Wagner from PROOF CURATED Midamerican Fever Dream, was collected by LowkeyVentures for 8 ETH.
EDITIONS & GENERATIVE ART
Generative art collection Pebbles (1/1/1,000), created by the team of Zeblocks (@Ars0nic + @Cheaterflums), was minted at the price of 0.06529 ETH. The current floor price is 2.6 ETH. Pebbles is the first-ever generative art collection launched on the NextGen contract - an on-chain generative art NFT contract as well as a tool to support the ambitious aspirations of the 6529 community in the areas of art experimentation and decentralized social organization. Pebbles is inspired by natural stone diversity, with each piece blending playful shapes and colors against a fabric-like backdrop. Learn more about Pebbles here.
Fellowship launched AI art collection Auntieverse by Niceaunties in two phases, a selection of 100 artworks curated by Niceaunties followed by the remaining 900, achieving great success. Spanning ten chapters, the artist explores ideas about their culture, traditions, freedom, and soft rebellions. Each one of the 10 chapters presents different fascinations Niceaunties has with different aspects of Auntie culture and their connections to their city, people, aging, food, history, and identity.
Reflection by Van Arman (1/1/999), a Sovrn Curated collection, sold out at 0.33 ETH each. The digital component of Reflection is built with a unique long-form generative approach that utilizes inputs from the physical canvas. The system captures stages of the painting process, translates them to a digital format, and composes them on mint. All artworks are 100% on-chain.
NEXT WEEK
Jack Butcher announced ACK as the next Opepen artist for Set 030.
Space World 1-year anniversary drop, Stirring Emotions, is set to go live on February 14th, featuring over 50 artists.