s[edition] Launches Online Platform for Limited Edition Digital Artworks Priced $5-$500

s[edition], a new online platform for collecting limited edition digital artworks, has launched with prices ranging from $5 to $500. Founded by Harry Blain of Haunch of Venison and former Saatchi Online CEO Robert Norton, the site offers digital multiples by major contemporary artists including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Michael Craig-Martin, Mat Collishaw, and Shepard Fairey. Editions range from 2,000 to 10,000 pieces. Works are viewable on any internet-connected screen, watermarked to the owner, and come with a certificate of authenticity. They can be resold once editions sell out. Collections are stored in a personal online vault. Restrictions prohibit public display, copying, transfer, or printing (even of certificates). Since its debut the previous Friday, dozens of works have sold, many being high-resolution video versions of Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull For the Love of God. The platform aims to create scarcity and uniqueness in the digital realm, a challenge where previous efforts have failed. The article questions whether collectors will pay hundreds of dollars for high-resolution files, and notes that the works are not specifically created for the digital medium, unlike software art or net art.