About CLCT
A better home for important collectibles.
CLCT is building a marketplace for the objects, artists, and stories that shape culture. It begins with Bitcoin art and the official Bitcoin art auction of the Midwest Bitcoin Summit.
Collecting is more than buying.
The objects people collect carry history, identity, craftsmanship, and meaning. But the experience of discovering, buying, documenting, and reselling those objects is still fragmented, spread across auction houses, marketplaces, spreadsheets, private messages, and disconnected communities.
CLCT is being built to bring those experiences together.
Objects deserve context
A collectible should be presented with its creator, its history, and its cultural significance, not reduced to a thumbnail and a price.
Markets should earn trust
Clear terms, visible bidding rules, and responsible fulfillment belong in the product, not buried in fine print.
Collectors should own their history
Over time, CLCT aims to help collectors keep a lasting record of what they own, what they value, and the stories behind each object.
Why Bitcoin art?
Bitcoin created more than a financial network. It created a global culture of artists, builders, educators, collectors, and communities.
The work emerging from that culture deserves thoughtful presentation, credible markets, and a permanent place in the broader history of art and collecting.
CLCT begins by serving that community well.
First auction
The Midwest Bitcoin Summit Bitcoin Art Auction
CLCT’s first public auction features original Bitcoin art presented in partnership with the Midwest Bitcoin Summit.
Collectors can preview participating artists as they are announced, join the early-access list, and take part in the auction through a clear, focused experience.
- Event
- Midwest Bitcoin Summit
- Location
- Columbus, Ohio
- Dates
- September 23–24, 2026
- Catalog preview
- September 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time
- Payment
- Bitcoin, invoiced in U.S. dollars
- Fees
- 5% buyer's premium added to the winning bid
Built for both sides of the market.
For collectors
Discover culturally important work, understand what you are bidding on, and participate with clear terms and fewer distractions.
For artists
Present your work with the care, context, and credibility it deserves, and reach collectors who understand the culture behind it.
Built deliberately.
Everything below is already published in the auction terms, and what is not yet final is listed there openly rather than implied.
- Published auction terms, including the buyer's premium and the soft-close rule, before any binding bid
- Bitcoin payment, invoiced in U.S. dollars
- Insured shipping within the United States, or collect your work at the summit.
- Free registration, with no purchase required to join
- What the final Conditions of Sale will still confirm is listed openly, not implied away
Built by collectors.
CLCT is being built by people who have spent years inside Bitcoin art, collectibles, auctions, and community-driven markets.
We believe the best marketplaces do more than process transactions. They help people understand what matters, preserve the stories behind important objects, and build trust that lasts beyond a single sale.
Be ready when the first lots are revealed.
Join the early-access list to preview the catalog and prepare your account before bidding begins.