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Jim Carrey spent $40 on a picture of an abandoned Soviet sanatorium

Jim Carrey is the latest celebrity to fall into the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) frenzy by purchasing a digital work of art that has a lot to do with the Soviet Union, reports New York Post.

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NFT is a way to prove rights to a virtual object and make money on it, reports Broex. NFTs can be compared to regular crypto, but there is one important amendment. 1 bitcoin that you have and 1 bitcoin that your neighbor Anatoly has are not fundamentally different. But this is not the case with NFTs. Each such token is unique and inside it you can register data about the ownership rights of specific property - virtual and even real.

Of course, each non-fungible token has its own value. NFTs are usually traded at special auctions - OpenSea remains the most popular place among collectors.

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Outperforming others, 60-year-old Kerry paid Ξ20,0, which equates to $39, for an NFT called Devotion.

The work is part of the "The Wild Within" series (13 NFTs in total) by artists Ryan Koopmans and Alice Wexell, who captured abandoned buildings in the USSR.

The picture shows a dilapidated Soviet-era sanatorium in Georgia, in particular the once-famous resort of Tskhaltubo, which was a popular wellness destination known for its healing waters.

“This is stopping me. James Joyce said it was good. Thanks to @ryankoopmans for neatly capturing the exquisite and relentless reimagining of nature. By the way, this is my first NFT,” Kerry tweeted.

Canadian-Dutch artist Koopmans said he was thrilled to learn that it was Kerry who bought his piece.

“It's very interesting to know that Jim Carrey is a collector, as I have a lot of respect for him as a multidisciplinary artist,” said Koopmans. Jim Carrey is an amazing artist and illustrator in his own right. It's interesting that someone who champions creativity, positivity and focus is related to the work that Alice and I have been creating for several years and is therefore very close to my heart."

As for the former resort, according to the article's description, “between the 1940s and 1980s, thousands of people visited here, including Stalin and his high-ranking officials from Moscow. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the buildings were empty and fell into disrepair.”

Since the early 1990s, the buildings have been gradually dismantled and stripped of valuable materials, leaving empty shells of what were once grand classical structures.

Koopmans has been visiting the region for the past few years, photographing the ruins. Together with Wexell, they took these photographs and digitally transformed them into a work of art, manipulating lighting and structure, adding sound from Eric Thom, and animating scenes with the intention of bringing empty space to life. The goal, according to Koopmans, was to "essentially bring life back to the rooms."

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Shortly after purchasing his first NFT, the Grammy-winning, Academy Award-nominated comedian purchased another NFT called Nuclear Taco Trucks.

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