Art Shares

A curation of six hypercars as exclusive art shares
 

The design of exceptional automobiles has always belonged to the world of fine art. Behind every iconic automobile stand visionary sketches, engineering concepts, and artistic masterpieces that capture the moment where innovation becomes timeless design.

 

This platform is dedicated to preserving one of the most remarkable yet largely unknown chapters of automotive history. By combining rare historical design with blockchain technology, a permanent digital archive is created where authenticity, exclusivity, and artistic heritage become accesible to a new generation of collectors.

 

At the heart of this collection are two extraordinary icons. On one side is Pierce-Arrow, America ´ s legendary pre-war luxury marque, celebrated as the nation ´ s answer to Rolls-Royce. On the other is Luigi Colani, whose revolutionary organic designs transformed automotive styling and influenced generations of designers worldwide.

 

In 2007, Colani embarked on presumably the most ambitious project of his career: the revival of Pierce-Arrow through an exclusive series of six visionary hypercars. One dark red design prototype was built between 2007 and 2008. 

 

In the run-up to the launch, a unique promotional strategy was planned to take place: exclusive share certificates were to be issued, only to be invalidated shortly after in order to send them to wealthy potential clients as a prestigious marketing tool.  

 

However, the project relied on the backing of a friend, a Swiss private banker - who, in the wake of the September 2008 global financial crisis and just weeks after Colani´s Playboy interview, was no longer in a position to fund such passion projects. 

 

This brought everything to an abrupt end before production could even begin, leaving behind only a few original design concepts as exceptionally rare historical artefacts, including the physical design prototype and these extraordinary marketing non-valeurs

 

Today, these surviving works form the foundation of a unique digital collection. Every digital certificate is cryptographically authenticated and permanently preserving a piece of this very remarkable automotive history. 

 

I invite you to become part of a new chapter in this rare design legacy. 

The 7 bluechips

The collection features a total of seven different designs with the the blue sketches in the middle of the shares.

Six of these contain one individual artwork...

while the seventh is a combination of all six, called the "sixpack".

A Tailor-Made Gift for Visionaries

These high-gloss envelopes were designed to carry an ultra-exclusive promotion vehicle for high-net-worth prospects. 

Inside, printed in royal blue on premium artist paper, rested the certificates that from December 15, 2007, to March 31, 2008, served as genuine, official shares before being invalidated to be gifted to potential hypercar buyers.

The Unsent Legacy 

As collector items in their own right, these historic shares were intended to champion the creation of the six custom-built hypercars. 

However, the project halted before distribution, leaving these pristine packages locked away in the archives. What was engineered as a high-end marketing asset is today a rare, untouched relic - capturing a fleeting moment in automotive history.

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