auctioneers sotheby say it's an asian investor who's acquired the bottle known as the caulfeild big brother. it's one of three go check cognacs seven sixty to seventy since. and that a- the three they've been the same and since then the team. send imagine what itt takes expect. two hundred and fifty eight years old amazing stuff- that sold for that massive amounts of money a one hundred and. thirty one thousand years absolutely phenomenal. not tried to reach it at a special permit coming up it's called africa and the corona virus challenge from city was correspondence- from cameroon south africa kenya tunisia and madagascar reports on how africans are coping with and handling the call. ninety that makes a step fururther and of course someone is coming up you're watching from twenty four. hello and welcome to this special program africa and the corona virus challenge i am the front twenty four correspondent in cameroon in zero. in the course of this program will be bringing to you a glimpse of how africa is combating colby nineteen you will have reports and interviews from south africa from

. >> reporter: nina del rio at sotheby's auction house. >> this is a long time coming. >> reporter: having flexible and control over the assets could be key to survival. but don't expect a ieen anybody say, oh, my god, we have to sell everything, you know, life is going to be over if we don't. i've seen quite the opposite. the stewards of these institutions doing the thoughtful, hard and good work to demonstrate that they'ngw, dt are the right ones for their particular institution. >> reporter: and even though he doesn't think the bma will need to take advantage of the rule change, bedford says he supports it in the abstract. >> what is more sacred, a set of values that we have collectively inor vitality, relevance and core mission and vision of the institutions that serve their publics? i think this moment is telling us exactly which is more important. >> reporter: which is? >> serving our publics. being vital, being relevant, keeping our doors open. >> reporter: because without its patrons, even the best muse is really jus >>> many of america's servicemen and women return from overseas t

every product proeshted with the six-time nba champion are soaring to new heights in an online auction at sotheby'srday, a pair of autographed air jordan 1s sold for a record $560,000. setting the new world record for any auctioned pair of sneakers companies like stock x are seeing a pop it set an unsigned version of air jordan 1s selling at $7,000 on the site. moreaired. it's not just sneakers, but also collectibles and memorabilia ken golden from golden auctions says a jordan rookie card previously sold around $30,000 now the price is about a hundred grand. merch is up over 900% since the show premiered ebay said average price has spiked a staggering 5,000 percent. experts say while prices across are permanently elevated, that may be some cooling off. for fans and collectors that didn't get on the action, there might be time. >> give it five or ten years, a whole other wave eric, thanks very much >>> former national economic counsel will join us with his four dangerous myths about the coronavirus impact on the economy and what he says the road to recovery does look like. >>> the president meeting

with sting, hanging out with borat himself those are a few of the items up for sale in sotheby's covid relief auction by charles stewart. thank you for being with us. what a great cause i want to get a sort of temperature check on what you're seeing in your customer base i know like so many businesses, you've moved a lot of those auctions online. you've had 40 sales since march 1st netting $70 million. what's your sense of what those sales would have been like had there been no pandemic have you seen less in price and less participation. >> thank you very much for having me on the show. indeed, the markets are at a luxury, i would characterize as surprisingly resilient over the last few months since the quarantine began, and i think that reflects the fact that first of all, you have almost literally a captive audience you have people who are passionate about these categories and focusing on them and there are fewer channels, perhaps in terms of how to pursue and indulge those interests and we have seen the benefits of that you got the numbers exactly right. we've had 40 auctions over the past few mon

. >> reporter: nina del rio, vice chairman at sotheby's auction house, has handled many high-patrol de-sessionsure control over their assets might be key to many museums' survival. but don't expect a fire sale. >> i've not seen anybody so far say, oh, my god, we have to sell everything, you know, life is going to be over if we don't. i've seen quite the opposite. the stewards of these institutions doing the thoughtful, hard, and good work to demonstrate that they're making, you know, decisions that are the right ones for their particular institution. >> reporter: and even though he doesn't think the bma will need to take advantage of the rule change, bedford says he supports it in the abstract. >> what is more sacred? a set of values that we have collectively determined or the vitality, relevance, and core mission and vision of institutions s ts to serve the publics? i think this moment is telling us which is more important. >> reporter: which is? >> serving our publics, being vital, relevant, keeping our doors open. >> reporter: without its patrons, even the best museum is really just a vault.