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15 of the Most Expensive Things in the World

From billion-dollar yachts to diamond watches and rare art, explore 15 of the most expensive things ever purchased by the world’s wealthiest people

GOBankingRates · Jan 25

15 of the Most Expensive Things in the World

From billion-dollar yachts to diamond watches and rare art, explore 15 of the most expensive things ever purchased by the world’s wealthiest people

GOBankingRates · Jul 15, 2025

Salvator Mundi, Saudi Arabia and the saga of the missing masterpiece

In 2017, the portrait, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, sold for a record £360m and vanished. Now, it is claimed, it will reappear as the star exhibit in a Saudi branch of the Louvre

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024

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 · Jan 8, 2024

Ukrainian group protests Oscar nominations for ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ citing film’s alleged ties to a Russian oligarch

LOS ANGELES — A global Ukrainian group is protesting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ nomination of “Top Gun: Maverick” for multiple Oscars, including best picture, citing its concerns over the film’s alleged ties to a Russian oligarch sanctioned by Ukraine.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 7, 2023

Sotheby’s beats most of Russian tycoon’s fraud suit

NEW YORK — Sotheby’s won dismissal of most claims by a Russian billionaire who accused the auction house of helping to defraud him in the purchase of a world-class art collection featuring works by Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin and Henri Matisse.

Tribune News Service · Mar 7, 2023

Legal dispute with financiers of 'Top Gun: Maverick' casts spotlight on controversial Russian oligarch

LOS ANGELES — Two years ago, when the pandemic plunged the movie industry into one of its darkest periods, New Republic Pictures and its founder and chief executive, Brian Oliver, were touted as a bright light.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 4, 2023

The 10 most expensive artworks ever sold

As Andy Warhol’s iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe sells for $195 million, Amy Francombe charts the world’s other record-breaking works of art

Evening Standard · May 11, 2022