Vodafone auctioned a non-fungible token (NFT) replica of the code that sent the first ever SMS, a text saying “Merry Christmas” sent to Vodafone employee Richard Jarvis on December 3rd, 1992. Proceeds from the auction will be donated to UN’s Refugee Agency UNHCR.
World firsts are always historical landmarks. Elvis Presley’s first piano auctioned for six figures, an early prototype of Coca-Cola’s iconic bottle sold for $110,000, and the earliest Nike Air Ships worn by Michael Jordan received a record bid of $1.5 million. As we have seen over the last year, NFTs have enabled the auctioning of digital landmarks, blurring the lines between tangible and intangible assets. Vodafone’s first ever SMS auction is yet another example of this development.
The auction was carried out at Paris auction house Aguttes and sold for the equivalent of $121,000 in ETH currency. The winner of the bid did not want to disclose their identity.
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