“I’ve come to view the PFP as a strange, vital genre in recent art history, one worthy of being taken seriously. HR is, fundamentally, art about PFPs.”

‘Human Resources’ by Tabor Robak mints out with Solos and Verse, after a mixture of distribution phases. The 1/1/10,000 collection has seen $79,199 USD in overall volume. Its description reads: “Welcome to the company.”

‘Where My Vans Go’ by Drift sees four secondary sales across three artworks:

All three artworks were minted in 2022 and come from the 3FBVault. They were shot in locations Winter Harbor, ME, New York, NY, and Maysville, KY, respectively.

Transient Labs - ‘ALWAYS HAS BEEN’ by Chikai: 1,784 Event token collection, 636 minted, public mint open at 0.0369 ETH each

8NAP Art - ‘Relics of a Fractured Horizon’ by Ren: 136 artwork collection, 75 minted thus far, available in public phase at 0.025 ETH each

Hash Gallery - ‘Seven Traits’ by Patrick Tresset: 98 unique artwork collection split into 7 series of 14, available at $300 USD each (price updated)

One Love Art DAO | Gamma - ‘Visible Violets Vol. 2’: 400 artwork collection across 20 artists, 105 minted thus far, available at 0.0003 BTC each

Friday, March 13th:
‘Art Seize-n’ by Tara in Abstract with The Memes by 6529: Up to 328 editions available at 0.06529 ETH each, opens 11:40am ET

At times, it is easy to stop at top sales. It’s important to look beyond them, and when you do you see several artists carving out unique territory for themselves. Two that come to mind today are Justin Aversano and m0dest.

The final month of Justin Aversano’s ‘Moments of the Unknown’ is cruising. Each and every day he goes live with a 1-of-1, bidder’s editions, and an X Spaces. Each day of the final month, sales have averaged 2 ETH. Significant. It only took a full year of travel and filming, another year of editing, and a near-year of establishing his rhythm, right? What an effort to now be rewarded.

Yes, most m0dest attention is rightfully circulating around ‘death and taxes’. That said, sometimes off the radar 1-of-1 placements and flash editions have real momentum. In just the past three days, three editions - all related - have been released, totaling nearly 8 ETH in primary. The unlock to these bursts from the artist has been the years-long cultivation of a core community.

Are you sensing a theme? These examples are essential because they offer case studies of real effort translating to real outcomes, for the artists, for the collectors who saw and fostered these visions at earlier stages, and for their technical partners at Transient Labs.

Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 2 ETH+ Collection, 0.2 ETH+ 1/1, 0.4 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.2 ETH+ Edition