Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2022 Barrel House Collection

A storyteller.

Useful link:

https://www.gooseisland.com/nft

Frederique Constant Classics Worldtimer Manufacture

Take a look at the Worldtimer experience in a virtual form.

Useful link:

https://frederiqueconstant.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/classics-worldtimer-manufacture

Elise Swopes

A fine photographer and graphic designer.

Useful link: https://www.swopes.info

The Truffle Of The Year

A storyteller. 

Useful link: https://thebigtruffle.com

Cyber Eau de Parfum

Cyber Eau de Parfum, the world's first digital fragrance arrived this year via Look Labs, which used near-infrared spectroscopy to create a digital reflection of a perfume's molecular wavelengths. Artwork based on the perfume was sold as an NFT, along with 10 accompanying digital artworks. Take a look.

Useful link: https://looklabs.com/cyber

The Immortal Collection: An NFT Of Tupac’s Jewelry

The Immortal Collection, a collection of Tupac's infamous jewelry will drop via the MakersPlace NFT marketplace on December 15, 2021. Take note.

Useful links: 

https://makersplace.com/2pac/drops/the-immortal

https://uproxx.com/music/tupac-nft-jewelry-the-immortal-collection

ArtReview Power 100

The non-fungible token or NFT has taken the No.1 spot in the annual ranking of the contemporary art world's most influential movers and shakers---marking the first time a non-human entity has topped the list. Take a look.

Useful link: https://artreview.com/power-100

BlockBar

A platform that offers NFTs directly from luxury liquor brands. Each NFT corresponds to a physical bottle. Take a look.

Useful link: https://blockbar.com

Trevor Jones Art

Trevor Jones is one of the most successful NFT artist working in the UK. Jones has made a name for himself combining painting with digital technology, often producing pastiches of famous artworks with a crypto twist.

Useful link: https://www.trevorjonesart.com

A Macallan 1991 Whisky Cask NFT

The US$2.3 million sale of a 1991 The Macallan cask was a partnership between Origin Protocol, a company that drops NFTs, one-of-a-kind digital assets that a person can buy or sell in the Ethereum blockchain, and Metacask, a marketplace for whisky cask NFTs. 

Useful links:

https://launch.metacask.com

https://www.originprotocol.com

Lobus

A unique artists' equity management platform. Get to know Sarah Wendell Sherrill.

Useful link: https://lobus.io

Sotheby’s Metaverse

Sotheby's has launched its NFT exclusive marketplace, Metaverse, the first of its kind among blue chip auction houses, and all NFT sales at Sotheby's will now take place on this cutting-edge platform.

Useful link: https://metaverse.sothebys.com

NFTy 50

Meet the NFTy 50.

Useful link: 

https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021

Wenew

Artist Mike Winklemann is launching Wenew, a curated platform to auction off historic and iconic moments across sports, politics, history, fashion, and more. Each collection is created in collaboration with the person, estate, or organization behind the moment, with IRL experiences included for the buyer. Stay tuned. 

Useful link: https://we.new

Random Thoughts

NFT (Non-fungible tokens) is an impossible-to-predict asset. There is no internal logic behind why some viral NFTs do well and others fail. It's pure speculation. The NFT has no inherent value beyond the whim of what a millionaire or billionaire will pay for it on any given day. Whoever loses the game of musical chairs is left holding something worthless. 

Icecap

Icecap's Jacques Voorhees believes he has created a new type of marketplace for diamonds. Time will tell.

Useful link: https://icecap.diamonds/collectibles

NFTs For Intellectual Property

Intellectual property specialist IPwe, which has been working with IBM for years on a blockchain solution for the patent industry has announced that it will begin representing patents as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or digital assets. The tokenization of intellectual property will help position patents to be more easily sold, traded, commercialized or otherwise monetized and bring new liquidity to this asset class for investors and innovators. 

Useful link: https://ipwe.com/nft

Dreaming At Dusk

Itzel Yard, an NFT artist, who is known on NFT platforms as IX Shells, uses autonomous systems to create patterns and shapes. Take a look.

Useful links:

https://foundation.app/@torproject/dreaming-at-dusk

https://foundation.app/@ixshells

This Changed Everything: Source Code For WWW

Sir Tim Berners-Lee will be selling an NFT, representing the source code of the world wide web at Sotheby's. This is so new, so unusual, we will have to wait and see for the results. This Changed Everything will go on sale on June 23, 2021, for a week, with bids starting at US$1000. There is no estimated sale price. 

Useful link:

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/this-changed-everything-source-code-for-www-x-tim-berners-lee-an-nft/source-code-for-the-www 

Eye Love You, Eye Hate You

Platon is releasing a new collection of works that each feature only a single iris from the eyes of beloved celebrities, powerful political leaders and controversial figures. Whom the iris belongs to will remain a secret, except to the buyers of the images. You decide.

Useful link: https://lgnd.art/drop/eye-love-you-eye-hate-you