Concierge Auctions
[4] It holds the world record for the most expensive home ever sold in the United States through an auction for The One in L.A., a 120,000 square foot mansion owned by Nile Niami.[8][9] The company was founded in 2008 by Chad Roffers, who had owned Sky Sotheby's International Realty, and Laura Brady, a realtor from Sarasota.[7] The company became the "main reference in the Italian market" after partnering with Sotheby's International Realty as its "preferred auction provider".[26][27] Jordan's business manager and spokesperson, Estee Portnoy, stated that Concierge Auctions "gave great exposure to the property".[29] Concierge Auctions conducted the sale of former chairman of Live Nation Entertainment, Michael Cohl's home in Key Biscayne which had a previous listing of $36 million.[30] A beach estate in the south of Spain where Pablo Picasso painted and signed the bottom of a pool in 1961 was also auctioned by the company.[38] In 2013, Grand Estates Auction sued the company along with several past Concierge Auctions' clients in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for $23 million per claim, alleging multiple claims of false advertising, deceptive trade practices, tortious interference, mail fraud, wire fraud and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Practices Act (RICO Act).[6] In 2017, two real estate investors sued the company in a California federal court for allegedly keeping a deposit on a home in the country of Fiji.