#joe-lewis

#joe-lewis

Sotheby's said that it would offer the most valuable collection of art ever to come to auction in the United Kingdom this coming June in London: 50 lots from the storied collection of the billionaire businessman Joe Lewis. Over the past four decades, Lewis assembled a collection of figurative painting that includes examples by Gustav Klimt, Amedeo Modigliani, Francis Bacon, and Leon Kossoff, which will all come to the block during an evening sale on June 24 and a day sale on June 25. Now a 51st lot will join them: Lucian Freud's Sleeping by the Lion Carpet (1995-96), which heads to auction for the first time with an estimate of £25 million to £35 million ($34 million to $47 million), pushing the collection's total estimate north of £150 million ($202 million).

Lewis pleaded guilty in January 2024, saying he knew that sharing nonpublic information, which he had learned from corporate boardrooms about publicly traded companies, with others who then bought stock in those companies was wrong. At the time of the plea, he was free on $300 million bail. According to prosecutors and an indictment, Lewis shared the secrets with friends, employees and romantic interests from 2019 to 2021, urging them to profit from the tips.

Scottish FA head of refereeing backs Nick Walsh's decision not to send off Celtic defender Auston Trusty in the recent Premier Sports Cup semi-final against Rangers. Trusty appeared to catch goalkeeper Jack Butland's head with a foot.