CryptoPunks 🇨🇦 10,000 On-Chain Print Release • Avant Arte

[Acme Thunderer]

Avant Arte will have a 48 hour timed release of this 60cm x 60cm print featuring all 10,000 CryptoPunks from Thursday 26th October 2023.

avantarte.com/products/cryptopunks-10000-on-chain

This will be a fascinating release (and this is coming from an NFT sceptic 😉) as it sees the most iconic NFTs appear on paper. Who knows - in the future, could the print be worth more than the NFT (i.e. the NFT ends up becoming worthless)?

Release cost for the print is £442 and I am tempted to purchase. We know the print quality and packaging will be spot on.

My only criticism is that it’s a shame there won’t be much of a white border so would have to be float mounted (there is framed option at £743).

There is also a separate print of individual CryptoPunks for those who own an NFT.

[That Print Guy]

Tally ho, that is interesting indeed! Thanks for posting

[ca]

I hate myself for liking this

[from mjolnir]

I think the numbers on this will be very high - 700 of the Cherniak print were sold and that was more expensive, less iconic. Yuga Labs shared it on their insta and it went wild. I really like it and will grab one, the print quality looks immaculate but yeah would definitely have to float mount and maybe with a magnifying lens on the side for when I get old

[SFBM]

I think if I held a punk nft I would def go for both prints - not sure why anyone who didn’t hold one would want these though. Then again there are 10,000 nfts so I’m sure they’ll do well.

[Pawel]

I've heard so many times that NFTs are the future and are so much better than physical object that I find it difficult to believe NFT people would buy them.

[SFBM]

Oct 7, 2023 9:52:25 GMT 1 Pawel said:

I've heard so many times that NFTs are the future and are so much better than physical object that I find it difficult to believe NFT people would buy them.

Maybe not the full set print but I think the individual prints limited to the holders will be a popular way of showing off ownership

[Londown 01]

Oct 7, 2023 9:57:20 GMT 1 SFBM said:

Oct 7, 2023 9:52:25 GMT 1 Pawel said:

Maybe not the full set print but I think the individual prints limited to the holders will be a popular way of showing off ownership

Which in turn would show the absurdity of NFTs 

[its all about me]

Not sure what to make of this, to be honest. It's an interesting idea but I can't help thinking it's about ten years too late. The whole Cryptopunks / NFT world seem to have nosedived recently and the Bored Apes are now almost worthless. I guess it has a nice nostalgic value though.

[draphael4]

Oct 7, 2023 11:23:58 GMT 1 its all about me said:

Not sure what to make of this, to be honest. It's an interesting idea but I can't help thinking it's about ten years too late. The whole Cryptopunks / NFT world seem to have nosedived recently and the Bored Apes are now almost worthless. I guess it has a nice nostalgic value though.

Indeed it might not be the best time to launch this.
though I’m still hesitating for the nostalgia indeed

[nobokov]

It would be great if this became a print series. We could have a Tulip bulb one, then maybe beanie babies, and who wouldn't love an open edition Bernie Madoff print?

[gus]

Oct 7, 2023 11:23:58 GMT 1 its all about me said:

Not sure what to make of this, to be honest. It's an interesting idea but I can't help thinking it's about ten years too late. The whole Cryptopunks / NFT world seem to have nosedived recently and the Bored Apes are now almost worthless. I guess it has a nice nostalgic value though.

Punks are down ~65% from the top. Is this not similar to a lot of art? Banksy?
As for bored apes, as much as I dislike them and think they are more comparable to something like supreme than art, 3 sold in the last hour for 40k+$ so I don’t know if I’d call them worthless. 

[gus]

I’ll for sure be buying one. Despite not owning a crypto punk.
I’d like to buy a punk in the future.

Think they look nice, and I don’t think NFTs are going anywhere, for art at least.

[Lroy]

Oct 6, 2023 23:06:44 GMT 1 Acme Thunderer said:

Avant Arte will have a 48 hour timed release of this 60cm x 60cm print featuring all 10,000 CryptoPunks from Thursday 26th October 2023.

avantarte.com/products/cryptopunks-10000-on-chain

This will be a fascinating release (and this is coming from an NFT sceptic 😉) as it sees the most iconic NFTs appear on paper. Who knows - in the future, could the print be worth more than the NFT (i.e. the NFT ends up becoming worthless)?

Release cost for the print is £442 and I am tempted to purchase. We know the print quality and packaging will be spot on.

My only criticism is that it’s a shame there won’t be much of a white border so would have to be float mounted (there is framed option at £743).

There is also a separate print of individual CryptoPunks for those who own an NFT.

Nice print indeed ! Better punks than spots.

[High Contrast]

Looks cool,

Here’s a canvas I had painted of my BAYC ape.

No longer own the apes or punks but will forever have this canvas… and this print!

[from mjolnir]

The release window for this is opening soon, but I'm confused by the marketing. Does it come with an NFT of the work like for the Dmitri Cherniak print?

The website for the 10,000 punks print only notes that "Hand numbered on reverse alongside a bespoke, holographic sticker and accompanied by a printed certificate of authenticity with a QR code linking to a digital counterpart in the form of an NFT." This is different to the website for the Cherniak print, which said that "Each print is paired with an NFT of the same artwork. Claiming instructions will be shared with collectors after launch."

It's a cool print, but without more it's just purely decorative, like it's not being signed by an 'artist' per se or anyone at Yuga, but an accompanying NFT might make it more unique.

[Arty]

Indeed. Is it a nft or just a qr code for authentication?

[Arty Farty 15]

Oct 7, 2023 9:36:01 GMT 1 from mjolnir said:

I think the numbers on this will be very high - 700 of the Cherniak print were sold and that was more expensive, less iconic. Yuga Labs shared it on their insta and it went wild. I really like it and will grab one, the print quality looks immaculate but yeah would definitely have to float mount and maybe with a magnifying lens on the side for when I get old

the crowd went mild at best. They have 13k followers. Likes don’t translate into buys. 

[My Name is Frank]

The crowd went mild! Simple but effective, I like that

[pilot]

hmm... i'm still undecided. somehow i've always liked the punks. they remind me of my commodore 64 days. on the other hand, i also feel a bit manipulated by all the NFT hype.

[Dive Jedi]

Oct 26, 2023 16:03:34 GMT 1 Arty said:

Indeed. Is it a nft or just a qr code for authentication?

Finishing

Hand numbered on reverse alongside a bespoke, holographic sticker and accompanied by a printed certificate of authenticity with a QR code linking to a digital certificate of authenticity in the form of an NFT.

So the COA is an NFT. The print itself is paper only.

[Wanchope]

Sounds like both paper coa and digital

[Matt 2 ttaM]

Not a fan of NFT’s or Cryptopunks but damn is this print very nicely done, really tempted on this one

[High Contrast]

Oct 27, 2023 6:13:55 GMT 1 Matt 2 ttaM said:

Not a fan of NFT’s or Cryptopunks but damn is this print very nicely done, really tempted on this one

why would you be tempted if you aren't a fan of NFT's and Punks? If I were you I'd avoid it!

[Londown 01]

Don’t see your point: I think NFTs are silly but this as a print is nice (not buying, but still)

[Avant Arte]

Oct 26, 2023 14:42:12 GMT 1 from mjolnir said:

The website for the 10,000 punks print only notes that "Hand numbered on reverse alongside a bespoke, holographic sticker and accompanied by a printed certificate of authenticity with a QR code linking to a digital counterpart in the form of an NFT." This is different to the website for the Cherniak print, which said that "Each print is paired with an NFT of the same artwork. Claiming instructions will be shared with collectors after launch."

So the NFT is a digital counterpart to the COA. It's not the same artwork as the print, it's a digital COA.

[Arty]

Thanks for the clarification. That's helpful to know. I wish it was the same...

[Gunny]

Oct 27, 2023 10:54:21 GMT 1 Avant Arte said:

Oct 26, 2023 14:42:12 GMT 1 from mjolnir said:

The website for the 10,000 punks print only notes that "Hand numbered on reverse alongside a bespoke, holographic sticker and accompanied by a printed certificate of authenticity with a QR code linking to a digital counterpart in the form of an NFT." This is different to the website for the Cherniak print, which said that "Each print is paired with an NFT of the same artwork. Claiming instructions will be shared with collectors after launch."

So the NFT is a digital counterpart to the COA. It's not the same artwork as the print, it's a digital COA.

So, the NFT is a digital COA basically. This might be termed an NFT by Avant Arte but it has no value solely as an NFT, as it means nothing without the print. There is no utility and nothing else - not sure why it is been touted as an NFT as it is not tradeable.. It is therefore only an online digital certificate.....

[Wanchope]

And can you clarify please if there will be a paper COA too (which is my impression so far)?

Thanks

[Avant Arte]

These were actually really fun prints to work on. A lot more complicated than initially anticipated.

For 10,000 On-Chain we had to fit all punks on one print meaning they are crazy small. The challenge was to not loose the level of detail. To get the punks super sharp at that size we had to recalibrate our printers to reduce the ink dot size as much as possible. The smallest felt liner dot you see here is 300 microns, the ink dot size that makes up the little punks is only 10 microns. Honestly quite proud of that.




For Punk On-Chain we had a whole different set of challenges. Colour accuracy on all the individual punk traits. Punks are digitally native artworks meaning they use RGB for colours while printer inks work with CMYK. So how do you get something on paper to look like something on screen? And also which screen, just the monitor or device itself affects the colour so much. Make-Ready made almost a 100 prints, trailing all the different traits. Each print will be a unique colour matched interpretation of the original digital artworks by our printing team.