In 2005, Matt Furie drew a picture of a frog peeing with its pants down saying “feels good man”.

Images of Pepe the Frog have since been shared as wholesome humor on MySpace, an Alt-right symbol on 4chan, a representative of the Free Hong Kong movement on Twitter, and remain ever-present on all digital channels to this day.

Pepe may be the oldest and most popular meme of the digital age.

On September 13, 2016, Pepe achieved his destiny of immutable permanence on the strongest network ever known. RAREPEPE metadata was transcribed in the OP_RETURN field of a Bitcoin transaction in block 428,919.

Over the following 18 months, hundreds of artists around the world added nearly 1,800 interpretations of Pepe to Bitcoin’s blockchain as part of the Rare Pepe movement.

This Lot Includes:

RAREPEPE X 1

• Series 1, Card 1
• September 13, 2016
• 300 issued

Physical Artwork

• Dimensions:
  • Frame: 26" x 30"
  • Print: 14.6" × 11.0"
• Materials:
  • Frame: Baroque with silver & gold wash; museum glass
  • Matte: Black herringbone with 8 ply black acid free matte; hand painted bevel (Roygibiv); "N" with crown inset into matte
  • Print: Giclée Hahnemühle German Etching
  • Bejeweled kings crown attached with screws and can be removed
• Weight:
  • Approx. 8 lbs.
    

NO RESERVE

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