The Never Before Seen slogan is being used by some online marketplaces, galleries, shops, and individuals in their advertising campaigns in an effort to attract potential customers to new creations. With the explosive proliferation of AI prompters, the marketplace is overloaded with Never Before Seen art.

If you are an elite investor/collector who owns work by artists like Beeple, PAK, Tyler Hobbs, Trevor Jones and other famous NFT artists, and are considering adding to your collection, I would consider searching for innovative artists whose work falls into the designation Never Before Done.

I coined that phrase to describe the rarest of the rare. These are creations that have never been done. These could include a series of 1/1 pieces that share the attributes of the original design concept. Here are a few examples.

Kevin McCoy: Minted the world’s first NFT called Quantum. He’s the one and only man to do that. It can never happen again. Sold for $1.47 million in 2021. Never Before Done

Beeple: ‘Everydays’ A collage of 5,000 jpg images. It’s not really the collage that sets him apart, it’s the way he did it. He produced and published an image a day for 5,000 straight days. No other person has performed such an undertaking. Sold for $69 million. Never Before Done

11/09/2024 – MSN: “Sotheby’s made history during its digital art sale as a painting made solely by robot artist, Ai-Da, sold for $1.08 million. The selling price smashed the initial predictions of $100,000.” Super Rare! Absolutely. Never Before Done

Comedian: A 2019 conceptual artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It appears as a fresh banana affixed to a wall with duct tape. Number two of the limited edition of three was sold to cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun for $6.2 million in November 2024. Never Before Done

Jason Savage: Cryptographer – Designer of Trithemian Web™ Cryptograms – applied art that combines aesthetics, an interactive design and a problem-solving goal. “My work uses elongated, vertically displayed lettering that conceals a cryptogram along with other hidden attributes. This is my original design concept. Interaction with the single layer raster file enables one to decipher the code, revealing the name of the piece, a personal message, and if present, other hidden features. It’s the combination of elements, interaction directives, and exclusive, conceptual design that sets my work apart. A 1972 bar challenge reimagined and transformed.” Never Before Done