New Year, new #NFTdrop. First #Mint in 2022:
"The King, Clowning Around". Single-edition #NFT based on an Italian 1 Lira #stamp from 1889, bearing the image of "Umberto Rainerio Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia", or simply King Umberto I for short.
Umberto became King of #Italy in 1878. This #NFT began its life as a stamp, printed on a piece of paper in 1889, mailed somewhere in the world, then disappearing into a collection for decades. The NFT was minted 133 years later in 2022. #Cryptoart#nftcollector#nftart#NFTartist
New Year, new #NFTdrop. First #Mint in 2022:
"The King, Clowning Around". Single-edition #NFT based on an Italian 1 Lira #stamp from 1889, bearing the image of "Umberto Rainerio Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia", or simply King Umberto I for short.
Check out 'George with Male Pattern Baldness', and the original @USPS 2-cent stamp from 1890, bearing the image of George Washington, which I currently hold in my stamp collection. Link to entire #OpenSeaNFT collection in bio.
Every 1-of-a-kind 'Stump' #NFT starts as a tree, gets processed into paper, printed as a postage stamp, mailed somewhere physically & cancelled with unique markings, disappears into a long-forgotten collection...before re-emerging 100+ years later as limited-edition #cryptoart
Stepping away from #cryptoart for a sec: Trad investors seeking triple-bottom line (profit, ESG) have never figured out how achieve one without sacrificing the others. Mainstream still measures IRR in #FIAT terms. I wonder if #DeFi is the holy grail that unlocks this puzzle. 1/4
What if the billions or people who make <$2 a day, but have access to #data, can mobilize normie investors into plow their trillions of FIAT into investments that benefit the BOP (but with lower FIAT returns), balanced with trillions of little #blockchain based 'thank you's? 3/4
The future of the art world is a Millennial or Gen-Z crypto millionaire with multiple Banksy works, antiquities, impressionist paintings, etc. - all prominently displayed in the small studio apartment he rents with his GF
It's gonna be great
@Rare_NFTs I call these "the Three Joses"
Based on real-life stamps that I own.
I made them #maskup in support of ๐ต๐ญ#nurses on the frontline. ๐
What is #art?
What isn't? What should an #artist do/not do? How should #artists think? What is value; what is worth?
Is there a right/wrong answer? No idea. Can't imagine there being one. All I want to do is create, express, & appreciate others' work, & that's very personal.