News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

• Taylor Swift is selling her most recent real estate acquisition: the 10,982-sq.-ft. Beverly Hills mansion she bought in 2015 for $25 million. It originally belonged to movie mogul Sam Goldwyn and was purchased from the estate of Goldwyn’s son. [Read more from TopTenRealEstateDeals.com]

• A co-defendant in one of the world’s biggest art heists has testified in court that he threw away five art treasures worth more than $100 million. The works stolen from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris included masterpieces by Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Braque and Leger. [Read more from AP/Washington Post]

• A San Francisco nightlife icon, Lefty O’Doul’s sports bar is closing. Society folks in tuxedos and down-and-outs in raggedy clothes have always been equally welcome at the Union Square watering hole. But now that O’Doul’s is closing, what will happen to its famous baseball memorabilia collection? [Read more from Associated Press]

• Militaria fans, be sure to catch the new season of Smithsonian Channel’s testosterone-charged hit The Weapon Hunter. Paul Shull will be back as the series host, continuing his quest to find the word’s rarest and most remarkable pieces of military history. [Read more and view a clip from Smithsonian Channel]

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