Gazers | Into The Collection #6

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Into The Collection
Deep Dives Into The Top Generative Art Collections

Gazers by Matt Kane with special guest Virtau
In this episode we perform a comprehensive analysis of Gazers by Matt Kane, an incredibly complex and beautiful collection that is considered to be blue-chip or borderline blue-chip by most collectors. Today we have a special guest with us, the great collector and Gazer expert Virtau. We lean heavily on his expertise for this episode and are confident you will enjoy learning from him as we did!

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If you are listening on audio only please refer to our Deca gallery for this episode to help you visualize this collection and for a reference for you anytime in the future
-https://deca.art/Collectors_Corner/episode7-gazers

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Recording date: September 24, 2022

Time stamps
0:00 | Collector's Corner introduction
0:24 | Episode introduction, including our special guest Virtau!
2:41 | How Virtau got started collecting NFTs and generative art
4:57 | What has been catching Virtau's eye lately, including Fxhash
12:19 | Our initial impressions and general background on the collection (release platform, date, etc.)
14:06 | Background on the collection and the artist
21:36 | Why we chose this collection (reviewing our 7 point investment framework), including price action
40:20 | Deep dive into different traits, including rarities, visual impact, and price premiums
1:26:44 | Hidden and potentially undervalued traits
1:35:43 | Our top picks of the collection
1:47:05 | What we would buy right now if we had a bunch of ETH!
1:49:55 | Parting thoughts

Show Notes:
Artacle -https://artacle.io/project/gazers
Archipelago - https://archipelago.art/collections/gazers
Cat Dune Analytics - https://dune.com/cat/gazers
M87 black hole deconstruction 9 - https://superrare.com/artwork-v2/m87-black-hole-deconstruction-9-25435
Matt superrare page - https://superrare.com/mattkane
Gazers page - https://gazers.art/
"Gazers" 101 by Virtau - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HrisUie0ormfA2ibY3hQ8crGOX0XjcWN3E5pqYvKjpY/edit
Matt Kane's personal website - https://mattkane.com/
Proof Collective podcast with Matt Kane | https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/artist-spotlight-creative-expression-through-coding/id1580998139?i=1000552134668