Christie’s to Offer Blockchain-Based Ownership Certificates for Photography Collection

Christie’s will provide blockchain-based certificates of possession for a photograph assortment it’s auctioning.

Christie’s involvement in blockchain-based improvements dates again to 2021, when it auctioned digital artist Beeple’s ‘On a regular basis’ assortment for $69 million.

Christie’s is as soon as once more experimenting with blockchain-based expertise by issuing digital certificates of possession for a photograph assortment by Trevor Traina, the founding father of pockets supplier Kresus and former US ambassador to Austria.

The public sale home’s sale of “An Eye In direction of the Actual: Pictures from the Assortment of Ambassador Trevor Traina” Wednesday at Rockefeller Middle in New York will difficulty digital certificates for every of the 130 heaps. The possession certificates shall be issued by Kresus on Base, the Ethereum layer-2 blockchain developed by Coinbase (COIN).

“This pilot program marks an necessary step ahead within the adoption of blockchain expertise within the artwork world, matching bodily works with digital certificates to make sure transparency and safety for artwork collectors,” Christie’s and Kresus stated in an emailed announcement on Wednesday.

Christie’s involvement in blockchain-based improvements dates again to 2021, when it auctioned digital artist Beeple’s ‘On a regular basis’ assortment for $69 million, on the time the most costly non-fungible token (NFT) ever offered.

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