This Week in Photography NFTs – Oct 17
Diana Sinclair grosses 67 ETH at first on-chain auction at Christie's. Gregory Crewdson sells for 25 ETH. Bidder's edition airdrops on SuperRare gaining momentum.
Summary
There’s strong interest in collecting photography.
Diana Sinclair had hundreds of collectors bid on 9 pieces she auctioned off at Christie’s. Fellowship Gallery continues to set new records from the sale of work by such marquee photographers at Gregory Crewdson. Strong collector demand for such top-10 photographers as Cath Simard and Michael Sidofsky.
It’s encouraging to see collectors purchase more work by a whole variety of artists. Over 20 photographers grossed over 1 ETH last week. That said, overall volumes are still trending down, as we are on track for 600 ETH of sales in October, down from 900 ETH in September.
Wishing you a great week.
Tim
Contents:
1️⃣ Top Stories in Photography NFTs
2️⃣ Photographer of the Week
3️⃣ Top-5 1/1 Sales on SR
4️⃣ Top-5 Collections
5️⃣ New Releases
Top Stories in Photography NFTs
Diana Sinclair, one of the most exciting and formally innovative artists, joins the rapidly growing family of artists who had their cryptoart being presented and sold at the major auction. Diana shared nine pieces from her Phases collection in the first ever on-chain auction at Christie’s, grossing 67 ETH. One piece I Am That I Am was purchased by one of the biggest art patrons Jean-Michel Pailhon for 21 ETH.
Photographer of the Week
Joanne Hollings (top-50 photographer | grossing: 50+ ETH) is a photographer from New Zealand with a passion for all things outdoors. Had a great pleasure of meeting Joanne at Dave Krugman’s event in Bushwick during NFT NYC, and wanted to introduce you to her amazing landscape and lifestyle photography artwork. Check out her 1/1 work on SuperRare (2 works available, including one for 7.50 ETH), Joy of Discovery collection (recent sale: 0.50 ETH), and editions (reserve: 0.20 ETH).
Top-5 1/1 Sales on SuperRare
💎 Nuit Blanche | Cath Simard | unknown | collected by Matt
💎 Untitled, 2003-2008 | Gregory Crewdson | 25 ETH | collected by punk6529
💎 The Dark Night | Mindzeye | 9.7 ETH | collected by Ben Strauss
💎 Glimmer of Hope | George Benjamin | 4.85 ETH | collected by FreeRunTraveler
💎 The Great Annihilator | Israel Riqueros | 3 ETH | collected by Art Pleb
Matt adds a third Cath Simard 1/1 to his stunning photography gallery.
Fellowship Studio, the leading crypto gallery partnering with the most iconic photographers in history, had another mega-sale led punk6529. Photograph by Gregory Crewdson set a new record of 25 ETH (previous ATH was 20 ETH). Learn more about Gregory Crewdson here.
One of the most innovative photographers and founder of Transient Labs Ben Strauss adds another stunning Mindzeye to his collection.
George Benjamin sets his new ATH of 4.85 ETH. Glimmer of Hope explores the relationship between wildlife and humans. “In the space of two centuries, we’ve gone from revering our natural world to abusing it on an unprecedented scale. Our societal need for “more” has overtaken our biological default to live in harmony the environment.”
First sale from Israel’s photography series Main Sequence. Israel captures his own version of what landscape photography could be. The artwork focuses on the concept of humankind searching for hope, putting faith and purpose into something greater than themselves.
Trending Collections
✨ Guido editions | 5 ETH
✨ Lost in Transit | Mike Schmidt | 4 ETH
✨ Light Art Alpha Collection | 4 ETH
Mike Schmidt released phase 4 of his stunning Lost In Transit collection to his loyal collectors. Ten bundles of 10 images, 0.50 ETH each. 0.05 ETH per photo, with the floor sitting at 0.15 ETH. Sounds like a great deal!
Another image from Light Art’s debut collection found a new home and set a new ATH of 3 ETH.
New releases
One of the top trending photographers Kristopher Shinn released and sold the same week his new 1/1 photograph. Moreover, alongside the auctioned piece “Lifelong Passenger” Kristopher airdropped a bidder’s edition piece "Open Seat" to all bidders who participated in the auction.
Jeff Mihaly continued to gradually release new photographs as part of the “Anomalies” series on SuperRare. Ten photographs in total. Two pieces listed at a time with a 48-hour timed auction. After the auctions expire, the next two pieces are listed for 48 hours, and so forth. The timed auctions keep rotating through the set of 10. Primary collector receives special 1/1 airdrop + offered a physical print. All bidders receive a 'Anomalies' edition airdrop.
Capturing the couple’s first kiss, Declan inspires the viewers to have the strength and generosity to offer their time to others more. Image collected by Guy Norcal.
“Very few are able to execute such clean images with a feeling of minimalism but also power. Jared is one of the best photographers in the space.” – Cath Simard.
Billy Dinh. One of the most important photographers of our generation. Only one 1/1 artwork available on SuperRare. 15 ETH.