Sotheby’s abused its “privilege, power and reputation” to help dupe a Russian billionaire out of millions of dollars as he amassed a world-class art collection, a lawyer for the businessman argued on ...

Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance painting ‘Salvator Mundi’ (‘Saviour of the World’) became the priciest artwork ever sold at auction when it fetched $450 million (€406 million) at ...

FILE - President of the football club AS Monaco, Dmitry Rybolovlev, attends a French League two soccer match between Monaco and Caen at the Louis II stadium on May 4, 2013, in Monaco. The Russian ...

(Bloomberg) -- Sotheby’s abused its “privilege, power and reputation” to help dupe a Russian billionaire out of millions of dollars as he amassed a world-class art collection, a lawyer for the ...

He is considered the greatest painter of all time, with only eight paintings definitively attributed to this Old World master. He was also gay, which sullied his reputation while he was alive. So it ...

A lost painting by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci could fetch up to $100 million when it's auctioned next month at Christie's. Most famous for the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper," there's ...

It was listed as a copy of a Leonardo da Vinci, but the buyers – dealer Robert Simon and Alexander Parish, who searches for overlooked masterpieces – believed it might be the real thing, a painting ...

NEW YORK (AP) — We’re accustomed to movies — usually adventures, like “Indiana Jones” — with lines that traverse the globe and pinball between global capitals, showing us where our characters are ...

An auction that made global headlines. A contentious lawsuit. A documentary film. Now, a TV series will trace the eventful story of Salvator Mundi, the painting billed as being by Leonardo da Vinci, ...

There are no car chases, shootouts, romances or shaken martinis but The Lost Leonardo is as suspenseful and thrilling as the new James Bond film. It has a cast of cagey characters who would be at home ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A Russian billionaire art collector lost a legal fight with Sotheby’s on Tuesday, when a U.S. jury sided with the auction house in a lawsuit over claims that the businessman was ripped ...