#012: Yonat Vaks, Sotheby's, and Jose Delbo
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This week we will provide a brief overview of the artist Yonat Vaks and recap the hottest recent NFT drops.
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Artist of the Week: Yonat Vaks
Yonat Vaks is a mixed-medium digital artist. Her work is inspired by people, memories, personal stories, and interesting moments in history or current events. She creates unique digital replicas of artifacts and then uses those as her canvas.
She has a wonderfully informative profile on her website, linked here.
NFT News from the Week:
Jose Delbo released a collection on MakersPlace exploring the idea of death as a character. The works did sell out after a few days of lingering Limited Editions being bought up one at a time. Delbo collaborated with AnnaDreamBrush on the drop.
Space Yacht dropped 5 works on Nifty Gateway to put together a successful collection. Each of 4 Limited Editions of 20 sold out, and the Edition of 10 Silent Auction sold out as well. The highest bid was $704.20.
DFace dropped 2 Edition of 10 Drawings on Nifty Gateway, with each edition selling for $2,500. In his second drop to date on NG, DFace's works failed to sell out. 4 of the 10 original editions remain for each piece of art.
Sotheby's had an auction last weekend where they auctioned a series of ArtBlocks and 28 limited edition works by various crypto artists such as Pak, Mad Dog Jones, and fvckrender. The most notable piece auctioned was by Larva Labs. They released a rare cryptopunk, which sold for $11,754,000 and set a new world auction record for a single crypto punk.
Stina Jones, a digital artist known for creating colorful virtual creatures, dropped a collection on Nifty Gateway on Monday. She released an open edition for $299 Each and two #1/1s, one for $1 and the other in an auction. The auctioned limited edition piece sold for $2,500.
Saber dropped on Nifty Gateway on Wednesday. He was originally known for his largescale, outdoor graffiti, and he has successfully translated that style into digital media in the form of NFTs. He released 1 Edition of 50 for $300 Each, 1 Edition of 20 for $500 Each, and #1/1 in an auction that sold for $3,999.
Joshua Bagley released his collection Dreams on ArtBlocks on Friday. The collection is an exploration of uneven subdivisions, the interaction between uniform and crooked lines, and the complex structures they can form. 700 unique Editions were minted, and they are now reselling for anywhere between $900 and $11,000 USD.
Matt Gondek, an LA based pop artist, dropped a collection on Nifty Gateway on Friday. He released 1 Open Edition for $500 Each, 1 Edition of 5 for $5,000 Each, and 1 Edition of 20 for $1,000 Each. 38 Open Editions were minted, and the other pieces are now sold out.
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