Overview
- The three-day online auction closed on August 18 with all seven works sold for a combined $148,100, according to confirmation shared with Forbes.
- The top lot, Snoop Doggy Dogg Genesis Burn, featuring a roach, ashes, and a signed 1993 LAPD mugshot, realized $70,000 and bore the full “Snoop Doggy Dogg” signature.
- Other results included Doggystyle Decoded at $16,500 and Tiphany Smokes at $13,750, with remaining pieces selling from roughly $9,000 up to the top price.
- Each work incorporated Snoop Dogg’s smoked-blunt remnants, was sealed in crystal-clear epoxy with a cannabis resin layer, and was presented in an acrylic shadowbox with a certificate of authenticity.
- Artist Erica Kovitz created the series through The Joint Venture from a concept developed with Jay Kovitz and Kevin Barkey, and additional works and possible private commissions are expected.