Johnny Depp auctions official NFTs of his own art

New York – Johnny Depp, pictured, the award-winning actor, musician and artist, is issuing a series of official non-fungible tokens (NFTs) through ViciNFT, representing his own works in support of charity.

The first NFT auction started on Tuesday and ended on Wednesday this week.

Depp has supported more than a dozen charities for over a decade, including giving an annual £1 million (about R20 million) to London’s Great Ormond Street hospital for children.

His first NFT – represented a poem he wrote for Winona Ryder and a photograph of him playing one of his guitars in his villa in France.

Depp started playing guitar at the age of 14 and music is one of his passions.

He signed the NFT with his unique signature.

Consistent with all ViciNFT offerings, 25% of NFT auction revenues went to one or more charities.

According to Wikipedia, an NFT is a unit of data stored on a digital ledger called a blockchain that certifies a digital asset to be unique and therefore not interchangeable.

Depp’s NFT designer, ViciNFT, is the leading carbon-neutral provider of NFTs and, beyond a mandatory 25% of revenues provided to an artist or author’s charities of choice, ensures an additional donation to a climate conservation fund.

ViciNFT is led by Bill Gladstone, the best-selling author and literary agent who has represented Marianne Williamson, Eckhart Tolle, musician Neil Young, Pamela Anderson, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch and Thom Hartmann. ViciNFT helps creators like Depp curate, design, market, and nurture NFTs and digital collectables for the common good. Depp said: “I believe ViciNFT is the first NFT company to truly want to protect and enhance the environment.

“I trust the founders to always put charity and helping others above mere profitability.” Gladstone noted: “This is a groundbreaking opportunity to recognise creative artists, musicians, authors, poets and visionary thinkers.

“Johnny Depp is one of the most multi-talented creative artists of our generation, making him the ideal creative personality to launch creative NTFs for the common good.

“I represent many wonderful authors whose books have raised awareness of important global issues.

“I anticipate that the success of Johnny Depp’s official NFT series will create opportunities for many authors and artists to help millions of people throughout the world.”

Depp is an occasional thespian, actor, musician and artist.

His works include portraits of people who inspired him in his life, including Jack Kerouac and Marlon Brando, along with album cover art, for example for Divinidylle and Bliss.

His first official NFT was titled First Loves. –