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Billionaire art lover buys Sotheby's

News Team, 18/06/2019

Global auction house Sotheby's has announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by BidFair USA, an entity wholly owned by billionaire media and telecom entrepreneur as well as art collector, Patrick Drahi.  

Under the terms of the agreement, which was approved by Sotheby's board of directors, shareholders, including employee shareholders, will receive $57.00 in cash per share of Sotheby's common stock in a transaction with an enterprise value of $3.7 billion.

The deal will see Sotheby's returning to private ownership after 31 years as a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchan...


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