sotheby's expects the pink star diamond to fetch as much as $60 million., if it does that would make it the most expensive diamond ever sold at auction. >> that is if sotheby's can collect this time. you see the pink star was sold for much more, $83 million back in 2013 but the buyer defaulted. sotheby's had to take it back. >> not quite sold. >> can you imagine that he gave it to his wife and then i'm sorry i defaulted. >> i don't mean to raise my hand. i had an itch. is raising the paddle? is that what it means. >> next to the mystery behind a real-life big bird. whoa! that's ruffling feathers all over the internet. >> so, this is the video of this chicken that's the size of kind of a large dog. yeah. wait for it. there you go. that's the whole thing in all its glory. the video has wracked up 73 million views on facebook. many are wondering if it's even a bird at all. >> some people saying it could d morning washington. it's march 21st. eileen whelan will have your forecast in just a moment, but first here are some stories we are following this morning.

so sotheby's expects the pink star diamond to fetch $60 million at auction in hong kong in two weeks. if it does, that would make it the most expensive diamond ever sold at auction. >> so you're going to get it for me for my birthday next year. >> look at that. that is too small for you. >> actually the pink star sold three and a half years ago for much more, $83 million but the buyer defaulted. so now we have the a chance to get it at this bargain price. just for you. see? >> how do you default on that? wait, wait, i'm going to buy. i'm going to buy. >> i didn't realize the padmeant i was going to buy it. >> $83 million. >> i just in an itch. >> apparently in like way, way back when, that was the diamond that was stole in the pink panther, the original one. >> way, way back when. >> way back when. >> inest >> whether he beyonce did the pank panther movie. >> i saw the original. i was pretty young, i don't remember what happened. but the diamond was involved. >> all right. coming up. >> beyonce was not in it. >> it didn't exist. >>> all right. coming up, we're serious. what we're find

list sotheby's international said they are also looking to open an office in hong kong.ks to create a major energy deal. asked andgulator has mining giant to explore a merger. talks are said to be at an early stage, but if they go through, it would create a new entity with assets of over $240 million. betty: the london-based company that developed self driving robots might use that technology to deliver all important pizzas across europe. they have teamed up with dominoes to serve select cities. dominoes has already tested the idea in australia and new zealand. the robots can carry up to eight pizzas and travel up to six kilometers per hour. all of this technology just to deliver you a pizza. how lazy can you get? yvonne: quite cute, though. more on brexit, less on pizza. talking about the potential impact on currency markets. analysts say there is further of the pound.nes claudioing in piron, joining us live from singapore. great to have you. talking about the pound -- we felt another slide after the trigger of article 50 yesterday -- how much further can we go? w conti

sotheby's taking a break.with the art market typically moves a little more slowly than the stock market. they're almost in lock step right now with the sales starting out right when dow hit around 21,000 and a lot of that wealth carrying over to collectors saying, look, i'm richer now. i'm going to buy more art. >> quick question. is rothko in a bear market? >> no. >> is that what's going on with that? >> no. >> just bad timing? >> he overpaid. it's not a great rothko and he vastly overpaid. generally good rothko's big demand. >> i like that iceberg one. >> lovely. >> photograph, isn't it? >> so where's the money coming from? is it asia still? >> what was encouraging for the auction houses is that the bidding was coming from china, from the middle east, from europe, from the -- strong from the u.s. and latin america. so we're still seeing a lot of global breadth out there. not as much from the middle east and russians. there were a lot of bidders from almost all of the usual suspects. going into may which is t

it's in a sotheby's catalog coming up for sale in a couple of weeks." >> where? >> in new york.her's name in the provenance, listed on the catalog. we said, "you can't sell this painting. it's ours. it's stolen." >> after some negotiation, the seller agrees to pay the goodmans a little over $100,000, about one-sixth the painting's value at the time. while not ideal, the settlement avoids a costly legal battle. the painting itself ends up at the denver art museum. >> do you do it for the money, or to right a wrong? >> oh, to right a wrong. i mean, money's great, but it's our family heritage. >> then, in 2002, after decades of dispute, the dutch government finally returns more than 250 artworks and antiques to the goodmans that have been tangled up in red tape since world war ii. the heirlooms are stockpiled in a warehouse, where simon, nick, and their 83-year-old aunt, lily, who escaped to italy during the war, are invited to visit. >> they'd arranged our furniture as it might have been in a home. i led her to this old chaise longue. she said, "oh, look! i remember this!" and i s

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sotheby's international real estate says it is bucking the trend.annual sales volume at its highest since 2016, driven by a record of more than 127,000 transactions. joining us now is philip white, ceo of sotheby's international realty affiliates. >> we had a phenomenal year, even with some soft thing in the real estate market. we have been at this for about 12 years since we have been running it. the southern -- some of these international realty brand was -- when our parent company acquired in 2004, the prior year, they had about $4.2 billion in sales and we had $95 billion in sales last year. vonnie: what is behind this? is this the behind side -- demand side or the supply side? >> some of the inventory levels are lower than we would like to see. the demand across the board is very strong and we had a record year and we are sticking to our principles which is really focused -- year and we are sticking to our estate is continuing to increase. vonnie: for more, check out pursuits destinations to find out about the finest things in life. a quick rem

leigh as a sotheby who has worked abroad and spent time in portugal, for example, i want to know hower the next eight months to one year, we get a feel for where things are going. i'm sorry for the person who comes on errant says that we are not really sure ——i am sorry to be the person. that it is true. we do not know what it is going to be like until we know what the negotiation is looking like. until we know what the member states wa nt. like. until we know what the member states want. there is a lot about wanting people to let people work overseas but we do not have the work permits. if you are applying for courses jobs, it is all up permits. if you are applying for coursesjobs, it is all up in the airfor people like sophie, for the meantime anyway. another area of uncertainty is business. what will happen with trade in the eq? we have been talking to rob nicholls, the managing director of plastic card services. this is what he had to say. the worst case scenario is obviously to have huge import duties, huge export duties, the ports will get tied up. we will end up ports will get