In 2021, journalist Yuri Dud was offered to release his own NFT collection, but he reacted ‘very conservatively’ and declined the idea. He spoke about this during an interview with Ellen Shaydlin, an artist from Saint Petersburg, as well as her husband and curator Evgeny.
According to Dud, it seemed to him to be ‘shoddy’ idea.
“NFT is when you simply want to take a slice of your fame and sell it to people you like for an exorbitant price. It seemed to me that this is not a very respectful idea toward the public,” the interviewer explained.
Evgeny Shaydlin supported Dud’s decision, arguing that an NFT should have ‘a real value’ attached.
“Once you go in there, you must continue to support the collectors, make announcements related to your own collection; you are tied to it, this is your priority. Otherwise you will simply disappoint your collectors,” he added.
An art curator recommended that Dud consider creating tokens for charity rather than for profit.
Back in December 2022, two works by Ellen Shaydlin from the Annihilation collection were sold for a record 19,860 TON (more than $50,000 at the time of the sale) on the TON Diamonds NFT marketplace.