Posted 1/28/2024, 3:44:49 PM
Poet Sells NFT-Like Poem “Cords” for $11,430 in Bitcoin Auction, A First for Sotheby’s
- Ana Maria Caballero's poem "Cords" sold for 0.28 Bitcoin ($11,430) at Sotheby's, marking the first individual poem sold by the auction house
- The poem was part of an NFT-like Ordinals on Bitcoin auction called Natively Digital featuring various artists
- "Cords" will be included in Caballero's upcoming book Mammal; she said selling it affirms poetry's inherent worth
- Caballero collaborated with theVerseverse gallery on an AI-generated poetry exhibition that drew mixed reactions
- She chose to participate using a villanelle form to "pay homage to the technically complex chain that is Bitcoin"