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[–] Kanda@reddthat.com -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Mona Lisa is just a canvas with paint on it

[–] MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fine art is valued for taxation and insurance purposes

[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

So I have news for about NFTs...

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You forgot the part that it is 500 years old and made by a significant historical figure.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And it's got "This is a fake" written in felt-tip pen on the canvas.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a good thing they haven't X-Rayed it yet. That might change the course of history. Although I suppose not as much as stopping life from ever existing on the Earth in the first place.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. We've just got to hope that no one manages to re-create the missing verses to Kubla Khan.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pff. You get a time machine out of the deal. Worth it.

And have to live with a couch stuck in your stairway? Not a trade-off I'd be willing to make.

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

So if an NFT was 500 years old and made by Obama then it would be the same?