Thread by @osf_rekt

1. Stoked to announce that Red Lite District is being auctioned @Sothebys!

Here's the turbulent tale of RLD came to be 👇

2. First, here's the auction:

sothebys.com/en/buy/auction…

3. I drew and minted RLD in February 2022. It was supposed to be kind of like an alternate Valentine's Day piece. The loner with no significant other who must scour the RLD in search of companionship.

I generated these on MidJourney for fun:

4. It was originally meant to be a 1/1, but I liked how it came out and wanted to test @manifoldxyz - so I decided to make it an edition of 210, priced at 0.069ETH each.

Believe it or not, it didn't sell out. A lot of allowlists didn't buy, and I gave some away to fam/friends.

5. A few weeks later I randomly doodled the below GIF. I never intended release it because I didn't think it was a strong piece but my brother-in-law convinced otherwise.

I didn't wanna sell it for money, so I just randomly decided to airdrop it to RLD holders.

6. The reception was not something I expected, people seemed to quite like it and a community started to form around RLD.

So I did what any irrational person would do, I set up a Discord channel for it and promised a new airdrop every month until I died.

The next airdrop (pd3):

7. Since then RLD has truly formed into an amazing community. We have some very smart minds comprising artists, collectors, traders, hedge-fund managers and your every-day degen!

I'm grateful to have made some of my amazing internet (and IRL) friends through RLD!

8. I am projected to live until the age of 130 which equates to 97 years of monthly airdrops (or 1164 more pieces).

Note that this is just an estimate and I could die at any moment.

As part of this sale, I've decided to include "Season 1" of the airdrops, here they are below👇

9. FUCK CASH GRABS

10. professional degen 3

11. The Rekt Show

12. cruising

13. UPEROL SPRITZ

14. Send It!

15. Radio City

16. The Penrose Hotel

17. Insomnia

18. LAST ORDERS