Auction brings Hall of Famer Ted Williams to NFT market

One of nine Ted Williams baseball cards, rendered by Andre Maciel, aka ‘Black Madre’, to be auctioned as NFTs (non-fungible tokens).
One of nine Ted Williams baseball cards, rendered by Andre Maciel, aka ‘Black Madre,’ to be auctioned as NFTs (non-fungible tokens).

BOSTON (AP) – Teddy Ballgame is about to become Teddy Blockchain. Hall of Famer Ted Williams is coming to the digital memorabilia market with a release of nine different cards that follow the No. 9’s career from skinny rookie to Cooperstown inductee. The collectors’ items offered by Williams’ daughter are hand drawn by Brazilian illustrator Andre Maciel, known as Black Madre, who created the non-fungible tokens for football star Rob Gronkowski that sold out last month for $1.6 million.

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