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An elementary school-age Mark Zuckerberg pictured on a souvenir baseball card printed in 1992 and signed by the future Facebook founder has been consigned to auction in September, with bidding to start at $1. Image courtesy of ComicConnect.

How much is Zuckerberg worth? Card collector could find out

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Allie Tarantino, who served as a counselor at Elmwood Day Camp in Westchester, N.Y., when a young Mark Zuckerberg attended and gave him the signed card (inset) as a parting gift, has consigned the unusual souvenir to auction. Image courtesy of ComicConnect.

Allie Tarantino, who served as a counselor at Elmwood Day Camp in Westchester, N.Y., when a young Mark Zuckerberg attended and gave him the signed card (inset) as a parting gift, has consigned the unusual souvenir to auction. Image courtesy of ComicConnect.

NEW YORK (AP) – When camp counselor Allie Tarantino was flipping through a magazine years ago, he came upon a familiar name: Mark Zuckerberg. He rifled through boxes of memorabilia in his basement, running his fingers over old photos, newspapers and bus maps before finding a baseball card featuring a very young Zuckerberg grinning in a red jersey and gripping a bat.

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Portrait photograph of Pablo Picasso, taken in 1908. His heirs have clarified that they have not authorized the creation of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on the legendary artist’s work. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons; it is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.

Picasso heirs clarify no ‘Picasso NFT’ is being sold online

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Portrait photograph of Pablo Picasso, taken in 1908. His heirs have clarified that they have not authorized the creation of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on the legendary artist’s work. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons; it is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.

Portrait photograph of Pablo Picasso, taken in 1908. The artist’s heirs have clarified that they have not authorized the creation of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on his work. Image is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

GENEVA (AP) – Pablo Picasso’s family is not selling a digital asset linked to one of his works after all. After a granddaughter and great-grandson of the artist trumpeted the upcoming sale, lawyers for the family said Thursday that his heirs have not authorized the launch of any such “Picasso NFT.” An intra-family disagreement has cropped up over it.

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Front page of the collector’s edition of 20 Minutes, part of the lot that PIASA will auction as a non-fungible token (NFT) on October 19 to benefit the International Federation of Journalists. It carries an estimate of €2,000-€3,000.

PIASA to auction NFT for international journalists charity Oct. 19

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Front page of the collector’s edition of 20 Minutes, part of the lot that PIASA will auction as a non-fungible token (NFT) on October 19 to benefit the International Federation of Journalists. It carries an estimate of €2,000-€3,000.

Front page of the collector’s edition of 20 Minutes, part of the lot that PIASA will auction as a non-fungible token (NFT) on October 19 to benefit the International Federation of Journalists. It carries an estimate of €2,000-€3,000.

PARIS – In October, a collector’s edition of France’s favorite news brand, 20 Minutes, will appear as an NFT (non-fungible token). For the first time in France, a unique digital copy of a newspaper title will be sold during a charity auction organized in October by the PIASA auction house for the benefit of the International Federation of Journalists (Federation internationale des journalistes, or FIJ). It carries an estimate of €2,000-€3,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Artist Super Buddha to release gaming-inspired NFTs on Aug. 13

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Super Buddha. Image provided by New River Fine Art

BRIDGEHAMPTON, N.Y. – Internationally acclaimed artist Super Buddha, who divides his time between Miami and Shanghai, has garnered quite the star-studded list of collectors and admirers. His collector base includes recording artists such as Tory Lanez and Swae Lee, social media and business tycoon Gianluca Vacchi, and boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather. Now, fine art collectors and crypto investors alike will have the opportunity to collect Super Buddha’s three new NFTs, which will drop on Blockparty.co and debut at Art Market Hamptons on August 13. The artist will make a personal appearance at the event, located in Bridgehampton, New York.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sells NFT of first tweet for $2.9M

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The first tweet ever created by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. Image courtesy Twitter

The first tweet ever created by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. Image courtesy Twitter

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has sold a digital version of his first tweet for more than $2.9 million more than two weeks after he announced a digital auction for the post. Read more