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Tearful Russian billionaire who spent $2 billion on art tells jurors Sotheby's cheated him

A Russian billionaire who accused Sotheby's of teaming up with a Swiss art dealer to cheat him of tens of millions of dollars became tearful while testifying in court and calling for more transparency in the art market

The Independent UK

Russian billionaire who bought Trump’s mansion blames Sotheby’s after losing millions on art

Sotheby's is defending itself at a federal court trial against accusations that it participated in the defrauding of a Russian oligarch out of tens of millions of dollars for works by famed artists like Amedeo Modigliani and Leonardo da Vinci

The Independent UK

Russian oligarch sues Sotheby’s for ‘helping art dealer trick him into overpaying’

Russian oligarch to claim British auction house inflated estimated value of artworks he was interested in buying

The Guardian - UK

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Official Score Sheet From Michael Jordan’s Career-High 69-Point Game Up for Auction

An essential document of His Airness's basketball journey could be yours.

Sports Illustrated

Rare Air Jordans made for Spike Lee fetch $50,000 for homelessness charity

The shoes – which debuted as Lee’s footwear at the 2019 Academy Awards – were found in a clothing donation bin in Portland, Oregon

The Guardian - US

Air Jordans made for Spike Lee and donated to Oregon shelter auctioned for nearly $51,000

A rare pair of gold Nike Air Jordan 3s made for director Spike Lee was auctioned by Sotheby’s. The proceeds will benefit the Portland Rescue Mission.

Chicago Sun-Times

Messi's World Cup Jerseys Fetch $7.8M: Do They Crack the Top 5 Most Prized Shirts?

Messi's 2022 World Cup jersey netted $7.8 million in auction, making it the third most expensive jersey of all time. Here are the top five most expensive sports jerseys.

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Lionel Messi's World Cup Jerseys Sell For Almost £6.2 Million

Messi captained Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar last year.

International Business Times UK

Air Jordans made for filmmaker Spike Lee are up for auction after being donated to Oregon shelter

A pair of rare Nike sneakers donated to a homeless shelter in Portland, Oregon, are up for auction and are expected to raise as much as $20,000

The Independent UK

Set of 6 Messi World Cup shirts sells for $7.8 million at auction in New York

Six jerseys worn by soccer superstar Lionel Messi during Argentina’s winning run at last year’s World Cup have sold for $7.8 million

The Independent UK

Messi’s 2022 World Cup final shirt expected to sell for record $10m

Set of six shirts worn by Argentinian during 2022 World Cup campaign could set record for sports tops if bids go over $10.1m

The Guardian - UK

Spanish queen portrait expected to smash Velázquez auction record

Isabel de Borbón, Queen of Spain valued in region of $35m, more than double the record for a Velázquez

The Guardian - UK

Still life by long-forgotten painter Clara Peeters could fetch £700,000

Painting on copper by Flemish artist is up for auction having been in private hands for nearly a century

The Guardian - UK

Jane Austen’s own copy of Curiosities of Literature to go up for auction

Described as ‘a remarkable piece of history’, the copy of Isaac D’Israeli’s essays collection is one of 20 books the author is known to have owned, and features her own underlinings and annotations

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Victor Wembanyama's Jersey From His NBA Debut Sells for $762,000 at Auction

The jersey from Wembanyama’s NBA debut fetched a huge price at auction.

USA Today Sports Media Group

A game-worn Victor Wembanyama jersey sold for a record-breaking $762,000 at auction

The jersey was expected to sell for somewhere between $80,000 and $120,000.

The Independent UK

Messi World Cup shirts will be auctioned. Sotheby's thinks they could fetch record over $10 million

Sotheby’s is to auction six shirts worn by Lionel Messi during Argentina’s winning run at last year’s soccer World Cup in Qatar and thinks they could become the most valuable collection of sports memorabilia ever sold at potentially more than $10 million

The Independent UK

Bottle of 1926 Scotch whisky sells for record £2.2m at auction

Just 40 bottles of The Macallan 1926 were bottled in 1986 after being aged in sherry casks for 60 years

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The Guardian - UK

Rare 1926 Macallan whisky becomes world’s most expensive bottle at £2.1m

Record smashed at auction of one of 40 bottles of oldest-ever Macallan vintage, described as ‘rich, rich dram’

The Independent UK

Cheers! Bottle of Scotch whisky sells for a record $2.7 million at auction

A bottle of Scotch whisky billed as “the most sought-after” in the world has sold for almost 2.2 million pounds ($2.7 million)

The Independent UK

Vintage 1962 Ferrari sells for more than $50m at New York auction

The sale makes it the second most expensive car ever sold at auction, Sotheby’s said

The Guardian - UK

‘One of his finest’: LS Lowry seascape expected to sell for up to £1.5m

British artist’s 1947 painting Beach Scene, Lancashire to go to auction after 70 years in Canadian collection

The Guardian - UK

Irish woman inspired to return African and Aboriginal antiquities by Guardian article

Isabella Walsh has contacted embassies and consulates to repatriate 10 objects that her father wanted to be returned

The Independent UK

Picasso’s portrait of secret lover sells for $139.4 million at auction

Spanish patiner’s ‘Femme à la montre’, which told the world he was having an affair with his ‘golden muse’, is the most valuable piece of art sold this year

The Guardian - UK

Picasso painting of his ‘golden muse’ sells for $139.4m in New York

Femme à la montre, painted in 1932, becomes artist’s second most expensive work sold at auction

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