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At Art Fraud Trial, Sotheby’s Is Pressed on Role in Sales to Russian Oligarch

The auction house is accused of helping an art dealer who the oligarch says defrauded him in several sales. A Sotheby’s specialist involved in some of the transactions defended his conduct.

By Graham Bowley

Art Bouvier, Yves da Vinci, Leonardo Furman, Jesse M Russia Rybolovlev, Dmitry Evgenevich Sotheby's Suits and Litigation (Civil)

Russian Oligarch Takes Sotheby’s to Court as Art World Watches

At trial next week, Dmitry Rybolovlev is set to accuse Sotheby’s of helping an art dealer trick him into wildly overspending for works, a claim the company disputes.

By Graham Bowley and William K. Rashbaum