Sothebys

Rare Jordan ‘Dynasty Six’ sneakers to hit the market, could fetch as much as $100 million

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Virgil Abloh

Virgil Abloh designed and signed sneakers amass high auction bids 

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The Virgil Abloh-designed Louis Vuitton Air Force 1 breaks a Sotheby’s record

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Kanye West’s 2008 Grammy shoes auctioned for a record $1.8 million

The sale made history as the highest publicly recorded price for a sneaker and the first to be sold for more than $1 million.
/ April 27, 2021
painting

Diddy drops record duckets on contemporary painting by Black artist

Sean “Diddy” Combs is all about the Benjamins, baby and dropped some serious cash on a timeless Kerry James Marshall painting that was reportedly sold to the mega-star at Sotheby’s for $21.1 million.
/ May 21, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Works by artist Basquiat to appear at NYC exhibit

NEW YORK (AP) – More than 30 works by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat will appear at a New York City exhibit before a private sale…
/ April 18, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Mick Jagger love letters reveal 'Brown Sugar' inspiration

LONDON (AP) – Handwritten letters from Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger to his former lover Marsha Hunt will be auctioned in London next month…
/ November 10, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Sotheby's finds hidden signature on work

LONDON (AP) – Thirty years ago, artist Jean-Michel Basquiat secretly signed one of his paintings in invisible ink, says Sotheby’s auction house, which discovered the hidden autograph as it was preparing the painting for sale…
/ February 14, 2012