You received a bid of $1M for 49% of the collection and you didn't take it?
The ERC20 tokens being from 2017 is a good start, and it appears the images are also from around that time, but last I looked at it I didn't see anything that necessarily connected the art with the tokens on the blockchain or elsewhere.
What would help is links to something that proves the "off-chain provenance" of the artwork being associated with the tokens.
Royal library of Sweden retains a physical copy since 2018:
https://libris.kb.se/bib/21731534ISBN is a unique numeric identifier for published media.9789198369403 is the identifier for Pimp Fashion cryptobook referenced both by ISBN and title in Bitcointalk screenshots:Page 3:
https://docdro.id/fbY6USOHere is the unedited and still working 6 year old hyperlink to the book containing all artworks although not all of these originals were included in the NFT migration:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2966730.msg30480040#msg30480040These are the same images that are today integrated with the vaults on Eth, XCP and Waves:
https://www.marquisemuseum.com/I also have an email from 2018 containing a full Binance listing application with alot of technical token and art association. It can be forwarded to prospective buyers.
ROI on the waves vault and v.2 NFT assets is easier to calculate now that the wx/m2 pool is operational as it receives wx emissions based on pool weight. ROI on $100k invested is 5 years and if wx goes up it can be a few months.There is no onchain association except the website link in token description. There are several offchain references starting in 2017 mainly on bitcointalk. In essence this is not a vintage NFT it is ABT and it is the only Art backed ABT.
Most of the ABTs from 2017 are gold or fiat backed and if mine were too I would not make a claim that it was worth anything.
https://www.coingecko.com/en/categories/asset-backed-tokensVault utility stems from DeFi properties, royalty airdrops from NFT sales, IPO and tokenization/swap mechanics with LTV configurables similar to Punkbasic.
10 Million M2 from the waves vault can be swapped for rarible NFT priced at $100 000 and vice versa. The vault tokens are directly backed by the NFT supply consisting of 30 published and 30 unpublished artworks with 2017 certification. They were actually made in 2015-2016.
All ERC NFTs are minted with the same wallet that made the original token vault and retains 99.99% of that supply to this day. Which is yet another value enhancing continuity & provenance step.
0xC742BcE0c13E31F2BBEC650D3A26058b64038832
I have not yet decided where to mint the waves NFTs.
ps. Here is another picture from 2018 connecting the art with the tokens: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2970288.msg35218483#msg35218483It's Jörmungandr #3
https://rarible.com/token/0xc9154424b823b10579895ccbe442d41b9abd96ed:90128172362037492596080030408277925649239380377171115284703702150830520008708?tab=overviewJörmungandr #3 has a quite interesting backstory where it was misinterpreted as a Neo Nazi Motif. My intent with this installment was a further exploration of the Jörmungandr subset within Pimp Fashion to capture kinetic dynamics and the illusion of movement in static imagery.
Jörmungandr #1 (which is awaiting republication but can be viewed in the link to the book in this topic on page 10) & #2 share this thematic whereas the kinetic illusion of #3 is the fusing hands, the kinetic of #1 is the pursuit of the symbolic midgård serpent in the shape of a bicycle tyre. In #2 it is the cogwheel.
All three of them also reflect on the mythology of the midgård battle between Thor and the Serpent. In #3 Thor is readying for imminent battle with Mjölnir on standby. In #1 the Midgård serpent is in phallic pursuit of the main Heroine of Pimp Fashion but it can also be interpreted as her guardian. The mythological motif in #2 is a bit different than the others because it reflects back on the artist in a self portrait as Odin/Antichrist.
The themes I incorporated into Pimp Fashion are expressive heavyweights with layers of contemporary and historical symbolism. The artistic merit compared to other crypto "art"/memes from 2017 is leagues above the rest because of my education as an artist. However I must admit that cryptopunks did capture a post modern attitude in its simplicity and vapidness that does express artistic merit and it also resonated with its contemporary audience. But more importantly the technical proficiency on the backend is more valued than artistry with NFT collectors. Especially true for Mitchell Chan.
The unique properties of this asset makes it without the shadow of a doubt in the bluechip category of vintage crypto art: $500m+ market value. However as a bastard this is not within my reach. It must first be sold for pennies on the dollar to a jet setter who will then be able to extract its complete alchemical value.
This project is irrelevant to the public at large it was always designated as a high brow curiosity and repository for the ruling class/institutional. There are only 60x3 original NFTs so scalability at maturity is only a few dozen to a few hundred users.
Update:
Found a direct connection between XCP vault and the art from january 2018:https://forums.counterparty.io/t/ticker-marquimuseum-now-in-float-on-counterparty-platform-pegged-to-xcp-1-1/4396Moontime if I can get financed with $30-$50k. Or 2.5m+ gwx pool vote.
https://wx.network/governance/wx_distribution_votingUPDATE:
100% of #ERC20 vault supply was added to the Uniswap liquidity pool
https://matcha.xyz/tokens/ethereum/0xa4daae9552cd2390ee1dcdd1a76bc8d0eea22609~$4200 $USDT = 1 M2 Vault token
1000 tokens can be swapped for NFT
Max supply 66 000 tokens/66 NFTs
Market cap interval $280m to $5bn
Update:
Another link with art+token references but its january 2021 or september 2020 not sure:
https://archive.org/details/vikingm1_20210121/mode/2upIt was before the NFT hype but then again this was never a vintage NFT, it is ABT with art as the backing asset, migrated to NFT in march 21.
