When it comes to prolific NFT collectors, VonMises is in the upper echelon. His catchphrase “unquestionable provenance and provable scarcity” is the backbone of his conviction that NFTs are true game changers and haven’t even scratched the surface yet.
Coming from a traditional finance background with strong experience in an array of collectibles, VonMises’ name originates from Austrian-American economist Ludwig von Mises, who wrote extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism.
This concept of viewing the world resonates strongly with VonMises, the NFT collector, and was a big reason the American was lured into researching and ultimately buying Bitcoin back in 2011.
Having collected his first NFT, Gods Unchained, in October 2019, it wasn’t long after he stumbled upon CryptoPunks, an encounter that would ultimately change everything. He purchased 60 Punks in the first month after discovering them, including his first-ever, CryptoPunk #6039.
As his curiosity grew for NFTs, VonMises would not only catch Punks before they truly blew up, but he managed to mint 350 Chromie Squiggles and was early to many high-profile Art Blocks drops such as Fidenzas, Ringers and Gazers.
He also possessed five Autoglyphs at one point, with one of them (#392) selling for a whopping 375 ETH ($1.38 million) in October 2021. He currently has two Autoglyphs left.
Autoglyph #392 by Larva Labs — sold for 375 ETH ($1.38 million in October 2021).
“Gods Unchained got me interested in understanding the concept of NFTs and the trading aspect of it. As a card got into the meta of the game and became powerful, its price would change; it was almost like a baseball card where a rookie player starts doing really well. His card starts going up in value as people speculate on how he will do. Gods Unchained was just a training ground for when I discovered CryptoPunks. That’s when everything clicked, and…
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