Tearful Russian billionaire who spent $2-billion on art tells jurors Sotheby's cheated him
Russian billionaire says Sotheby’s responsible for what his lawyers said was the loss of over $160-million
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Russian billionaire says Sotheby’s responsible for what his lawyers said was the loss of over $160-million
NEW YORK (AP) — A Russian billionaire who accused Sotheby’s of teaming up with a Swiss art dealer to cheat him out of tens of millions of dollars became tearful Friday while testifying about discovering he’d been part of a con game too common in an “art market that needs to be more transparent.” The […]
Lawyers for Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev claim Sotheby’s executives helped art broker Yves Bouvier defraud him out of tens of millions of dollars through sales of paintings by famed artists.
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Sotheby’s defended itself at a trial Monday against accusations that it helped defraud a Russian oligarch out of tens of millions of dollars, saying it knew nothing of wrongdoing by an art buyer who advised the billionaire on buying works by famed artists like Amedeo Modigliani and Leonardo da Vinci.