Has The World Of Collectable Art Finally Gone Digital?
L'OFFICIEL Singapore|December 2021/January 2022
Has The World Of Collectable Art Finally Gone Digital?
Patrick Tan
Has The World Of Collectable Art Finally Gone Digital?
Thaddeus Chong (not his real name) had been waiting for this day for a long time. As an anonymous phone bidder at a recent Christie’s auction, he had been waiting for months to receive his latest prized find – a rare piece by American abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock.

Chong, who attended New York’s finest business schools and made his fortune trading oil futures in the 1970s and ’80s, first set eyes on Pollock’s works when he was cutting his teeth on Wall Street and vowed to someday own one. And now that the day finally came, he couldn’t have been happier.

Prancing around the expansive living room of his 12,000-square-foot bungalow in Singapore, Chong couldn’t wait to show offhis latest acquisition to his friends, who would be “green with jealousy,” as he surmised.

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. And Chong was left pretty much alone (his family hadn’t taken to art in the way that he had) to stare at his Pollock that hung forlornly in his living room. Even when the lockdown was lifted, Chong, who was accustomed to hosting large, lavish parties as an excuse to show off his extensive art collection, could only have small gatherings with close friends over to marvel at his latest acquisitions.

Chong, who was probably more into art for the bragging rights than anything else started to grow somewhat dejected – what was the point in having something that nobody even knew you owned? This is when Chong stumbled on the concept of NFTs or non-fungible tokens.

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