Melania Trump in turn invests in the rapidly expanding field of NFTs, these authenticated digital objects, by launching a platform on which digital copies of a watercolor depicting her “cobalt blue” eyes are offered.
The wife of Donald Trump said in a press release “proud of this new NFT project, which embodies (his) passion for the arts and will support his commitment to children’s work.” Only “part of the profits”, a fraction not specified in the press release, will go to projects to help children in homes, aimed at initiating them into computer programming.
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Melania Trump launched her own NFT platform known as Melania’s Vision and the sale of this is on going throughout the month. The portion of proceeds will go to children in the foster care system and their education.
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A work by a French artist
This digital work, accompanied by an audio message of “peace” from the former First Lady of the United States, will be available for sale until December 31, 2021 at the price of 1 SOL, a cryptocurrency that was traded around 185 dollars this Thursday, according to the specialized site coinbase.com.
The watercolor, titled “Melania’s Vision”, was produced by French artist Marc-Antoine Coulon, a fashion illustrator who has collaborated, according to his website, with magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair or Elle.
NFTs put on sale “at regular intervals” on its platform
The former First Lady has announced that she will offer NFTs “at regular intervals” on her platform and indicates that an auction will take place in January 2022, during which collectors will be able to acquire a lot comprising a digital work, a physical work and a “one-of-a-kind accessory”.
The sales will be made on a platform powered by the social network Parler, popular with conservatives and briefly taken offline after the assault on the Washington Capitol on January 6 by supporters of Donald Trump.
NFTs (for “non-fungible tokens”) are certificates of authenticity associated with a virtual object that they thus make unique. Almost unknown a year ago, they represent for some the new goose that lays golden eggs on the contemporary art market.