is this a publicity stunt or might julian lennon make decent cash? will let decent cash. the nft market is worth in theory not that far off the traditional art market. people are spending aliens of dollars collectively on and fts. as much as we may be baffled, i don't think it is something we can dismiss. ros: have people in charge of the auction told us how much they are expecting to get? >> i think each item is starting at about $30,000. i wouldn't be surprised if they go for quite a lot of money. in theory, proceeds are going at least partly to charity, but we don't know how much. ros: a quick reminder of our top story, metropolitan police have launched an investigation into parties held at number 10 downing street during the pandemic. orest johnson, prime minister, has welcomed this and says he is willing to speak to detectives in hopes it will draw a line under the maps or. -- under the matter. westminster meanwhile, is poised for report by civil servant sue gray who has been investigating these parties. her findings are expected to the be -- ex

well, the son of the legendary beetle john lennon, might have a deal for you. julian lennon is offering up pieces of beatles memorabilia for auction, but not in physical form, rather as non fungible tokens up for grabs the f. t's to the handwritten notes for the 1968 song, hey jude, among other collectibles. but with bidding already over $50000.00 us dollars, they won't come. shiloh should remind her of top story. we're following for you here. day on the w. inquire into alleged lockdown parties of british prime minister boris johnson's office could be released in the coming hours. pressure has been mounting for johnson to resort thanks for watching people and trucks injured when trying to flee the city center.

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well, the son of the legendary beetle, john lennon, might have a deal for you. julian lennon as offering our pieces of beatles memorabilia for auction, but not in physical form, rather as non fungible tokens up for grabs the n f t's to the had written notes to the 1968 song, hey jude, among other collectibles. when we were bidding already over $50000.00, they won't come to when a fine amount of the top stories that we are covering right now. british prime minister boars, johnson has pushed back at harsh criticism from parliament over alleged lockdown parties in internal inquiry into the allegations could come as soon as today. mister johnson faces calling to resign over the scandal. you're watching data we use coming up next. andy w, news asia to talk on human rights with the taliban. and also have yielded nothing concrete. we take a look at why and how life under the taliban is turned deadly for. i've got a stones l u v q minority stories and a whole lot more coming up with the rush battery. and just a moment i'm waiting for audio on behalf of d. w. thank you so much project. ah, [000:0

well, the son of that legendary battle john lennon might have a deal for you. julian lennon is offering out pieces of beatles memorabilia for auction, but not in physical form. rather, as a non fungible token up for grabs the in, if tease several of them to the handwritten notes of the 1968. so hi jude, among other collectibles. as well, with beating all rating of a $50000.00 us dollars. i can tell you that they want to come cheap. when i find myself in trouble, mary comes to me as being jones. and on that note, a reminder at the top stories were following for you this hell members of bars. johnson's government site i report will be published soon into alleged lockdown parties at the british prime minister's office pressure has been mounting on johnson to resign of the issue. moscow says personal sanctions against president vladimir putin would be destructive, president biden wants. he would consider such an action if russia invitee crime multilateral talks and to defuse the crisis will be held in paris later today. and that is all the news for now. up next made in germany that's coming

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bids close next monday so the clock is ticking let's bring in the head of the sale with john lennon's son juliangreat to have you back on the show. >> great to be here. >> let's be clear about this the person who actually wins this auction won't own the physical, you know -- the physical lyrics to "hey, jude," for instance, they will have the nft version. what has the demand been so far for these items? >> the demand actually has been very high, and what this actually is a digital pairing where we're taking a physical good and we're creating a digital pairing of it or a twin of it that is authenticated by the original owner with true authentication and provable scarcity in this case. >> sounds like alchemy, josh you have one item and you're able to hold the item and own the value of the item and sell an nft duplicate of it and make even more money? >> yeah, that's exactly what's going on, you know as we move into a digital universe and into the metaverse the physical goods will need to become digital in order to become memorialized and if you think about it think about potentially a beatles univ

john lennon's eldest son julian is selling several pieces of music history from his personal collection, my colleague victoria derbyshire spoke to martin nolan, executive director ofjulien's auctions who are holding the auction. so we are in the whole world of digital collectibles, victoria. very exciting frontier for us all really including julian who is always on the cutting—edge of technology. this way he gets to hold onto his dad's treasures, the gifts thatjohn gifted his son julian and at the same time share the items with fans all over the world and people are gravitating towards digital collectibles now and they can own really cool items like those three guitars and images of those guitars and video ofjulian talking about the guitars. their importance to him and to the world and in general and the world of collectibles and sentimental journey that the journeys with his dad. so he gets to keep the items and yet share them if you will with the world and also raising money for his charity which is really conscious of the environmental so this is a partnership with yellow heart who w

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