{"id":26544,"date":"2021-10-06T08:13:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T08:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artrights.me\/il-collezionista-amir-soleymani-fa-causa-a-nifty-gateway\/"},"modified":"2021-10-06T08:45:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T08:45:13","slug":"collector-amir-soleymani-sues-nifty-gateway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artrights.me\/en\/collector-amir-soleymani-sues-nifty-gateway\/","title":{"rendered":"Collector Amir Soleymani sues Nifty Gateway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Collector Amir Soleymani sues Nifty Gatewaymani fa causa a Nifty Gateway<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Art collector Amir Soleymani has decided to sue the well-known Nifty Gateway marketplace<\/a> following an unusual Beeple<\/a> auction that ended in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the sale Solyemani – known as mondoir – participated in a head-to-head with two other bidders to win Abundance<\/strong><\/a>, the protagonist work of the auction, which was bought for 1.2 million dollars<\/strong> from what documents attest to be the best bidder, Ethereum<\/a> co-founder Taylor Gerring (username tgerring).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the burning defeat, Soleyemani discovered that the remaining 99 best bidders<\/strong> could have obtained another edition of the work by paying the amount proposed during the auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Imagine making a bid to win an item, finishing in second place and getting almost the same thing that the third bidder gets, but with a significant difference in the bid amount,” says Soleymani, who was asked to pay $ 650,000 “This auction method maximizes revenue for the platform and artists, but is bad for collectors.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My legal team is yet to receive any response from them in regards to the UK legal action nor the arbitration they started in NY. pic.twitter.com\/uTMlJMivhr<\/a><\/p>— Amir (@mondoir) September 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>