24 Hours of Art: May 22, 2025

BAT$OUPYUM

'$LAVE' /5 by XCOPY moves from the collection of _overeXposed to batsoupyum.

The editioned work was minted in August of 2019 on KnownOrigin, selling for 0.2 ETH ($42 USD) to desert_1 at the time.

Artwork Description:
"The things you own end up owning you - Tyler Durden
(red variation)"

While full details of the exchange are undisclosed, we do see both 'Autoglyph #457' and 'CryptoDickbutt #4289' transferred to _overeXposed.


'$LAVE' /5 now unites with '$LAVE' 1/1 by XCOPY, previously collected by batsoupyum for 315 ETH ($967,000 USD) in April 2024.

Via Jediwolf (_overeXposed):
"It’s not just about conviction - it’s more than that. Some people are simply different... in a positive way. Bats is one of them: an irreplaceable part of the tokenized art/NFT world...

While '$LAVE' was never among the works I had considered letting go it just felt like I was meant to consider it. The thought of both the 1/1 and edition united excited me deeply...

It’s about two crazy collectors connected by a love for great art."

Via Batsoupyum:
"Jedi represents everything I love about this place and moments like these are the reason why I have stuck around through thick and thin."

Orkhan Reveries

An allegory of air by Orkhan

'Rêveries' by Orkhan with Verse and Artist Rooms swiftly sells out a 1/1/200 collection for 30 ETH total (0.15 ETH | $362 USD each).

The secondary market sees 17 sales for $7,296 USD (avg: $429 USD), with current list at $411 USD.

Orkhan thanks collectors, as well as contributors Bjorn Staal and Slava Rybin.

Via Orkhan:
"Generative art thrives on collaboration, and every new series becomes a fresh chapter where we stretch what we know and what we thought was possible. Thanks for putting your shoulders to the stone and helping push Reveries right to the edge."

Gondi Trifecta

Once per week, we will take a look at standout Gondi loans both driving liquidity and offering market insight:

  • Autoglyph Pizza: PizzaDAO "needed some liquidity for [Bitcoin] pizza day", taking a memetic $69,420 loan against 'Autoglyph #314' by Larva Labs.
  • Sam Spratt Vault: 'The First Observer' - Mask #1 from Player #1 - and 'Foreshadow' - a special Mask pairing for PTM's 'Skulls of Luci' - combine to generate a 50k USDC, 90 day 14% APR loan for the collector. Most interesting here is what differentiated Masks may be capable of versus lowest listings.
  • Biome Base: Six 'BIOME LUMINA' artworks by Refik Anadol originate 31.2k USDC total in loans. While loans typically form at less than 50% of an asset's fair market value, significant here is the recently minted artworks commanding greater than their original mint price ($5.2k vs $5k).

Collection: Highlights

Ripple #0 by Rafaël Rozendaal

  • Primary (newrafael.work) - 'Ripple' 1/1/30 by Rafaël Rozendaal: Mints out at 0.25 ETH each
  • Primary (The Memes by 6529) - 'The Art of the Meme' by GarryB1rd: 328 editions mint out at 0.06529 ETH each, secondary: 11 sales for 0.83 ETH, list: 0.0795 ETH
  • Primary (Transient Labs) - 'Hold On' by Oak: 20 editions mint out at 0.05 ETH each, 1 ETH total
  • LIVE (anons.art) - 'ANON #11' and 4 Multitudes by Matt Kane: 5 Bitcoin pizza themed artworks celebrating its first commercial transaction, 3 live in countdown at 1.337 ETH bid each
  • LIVE (Fellowship) - 'Critically Extant' by Sofia Crespo: 35 artwork collection, private sales ongoing

* Incoming Notables

Thursday, May 22nd:
'Bee:Wild' by Asprey Studio: 10 artist 1/1 artwork charitable initiative, bidding open

Monday, May 26th:
'Rare Fish Market' by cydr and noper with Fellowship


1/1: Highlights

{fireflies of the {ocean} deep} by Sofia Crespo

  • LIVE (Manifold) - 'Devil's Due' by DK: 3.069 ETH bid, ends 11:00am ET


1/1/X: Highlights

Gazers #668 by Matt Kane

  • 'Gazers' /1k (Art Blocks) by Matt Kane: 9.9 ETH to SKETH
  • 'Chromie Squiggle' /10k (Art Blocks) by Snowfro: 5 ETH
  • 'Anticyclone' /800 (Art Blocks) by William Mapan: 1.95 WETH
  • 'The Currency' by Damien Hirst: 1.5, 0.9537, 0.9499 & 0.946 ETH, 0.883 & 0.85 WETH
  • 'Memories of Qilin' 1,024 (Art Blocks) by Emily Xie: 1.369 ETH to 20Singularity
  • 'Singularity' /1,024 (Art Blocks) by Hideki Tsukamoto: 1.25 WETH
  • 'Arcus' /40 by Rik Oostenbroek: 1.1 & 1.1 WETH to Send-Deal
  • 'AI Art is Not Art' /500 by Claire Silver: 1.1 & 0.35 WETH
  • 'Pebbles' /1k (NextGen 6529) by Zeblocks: 1 WETH
  • 'Cargo' /1k (Art Blocks) by Kim Asendorf: 0.85 WETH
  • 'Fragments of an Infinite Field' /1,024 (Art Blocks) by Monica Rizzolli: 0.8 ETH


Edition: Highlights

Guzzler by XCOPY

  • 'Guzzler' /206 by XCOPY: 5.5 ETH to xoxoxoxonft
  • 'PROTO-WRETCH' /66 by XCOPY: 4.22 ETH to EarthAngel0
  • 'Afterburn' /594 by XCOPY: 2.99 ETH
  • 'EXIT STRATEGY' /420 (The Memes by 6529) by XCOPY: 2.275 ETH & 2.27 WETH
  • 'CRAWLER' /272 by XCOPY: 1.56 ETH
  • 'OBLIVION' /425 by XCOPY: 1.36 & 1.269 ETH, 1.26 WETH
  • 'SIDEWAYZ' /364 by XCOPY: 1.2 & 1.15 ETH to xoxoxoxonft
  • 'Royalty' /255 by Alpha Centauri Kid: 0.351 WETH -> 0.5368 ETH (same edition) to landaw.eth
  • 'Pollen' /269 by Alpha Centauri Kid: 0.47 WETH to ETAI
  • 'FUD' /22 by Jack Butcher: 0.45 ETH
  • 'GPUSA' /21 by Jack Butcher: 0.42 ETH to Jekpool
  • 'The Institutions Are Coming' /510 (The Memes by 6529) by 6529er: 0.4 WETH to TheMemesMM



RD Report

These are the kind of 24 hours that fire me up. It is substance across the board and beyond the headlines, with Rozendaal continuing smaller, successful release batches, older 1/1 artworks of Crespo, neurocolor and ADHD being explored, and MaNiC blossoming.

Archivist produced the content of the day (week? month? year?) with this gem of a deep dive on 'Fuckyea' and artist Ryan Bell. It's an honor to have a small quote at its close, and I implore you to have a look.

Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 3 ETH+ Collection, 0.3 ETH+ 1/1, 0.75 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.3 ETH+ Edition

Under Threshold...

...but interesting to me is 'DYBBUK MASQUE XLII' by ANDRÉS DEL VECCHIO selling for 0.1 ETH to thor_gmonke.

It continues his 'EVERDAYS ETERNAL' series, which has now minted 57 artworks and grossed over $16,000 USD total via SuperRare.

Catch Up: The DAM Show!

We welcomed Amadon and Seneca for wide-ranging art conversations blending origin stories, past releases, thoughts on the present, and incoming art.

Watch the recording here.

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