[dummyload]

It's basically a way to move money from one person to another, what's being transferred is money in lieu of art sale, art itself doesn't matter.

Imagine, if you are a Mafia boss and you want 20M from businessman and you want to use this money for legitimate purpose like buying a real estate property or buying a business.

What you do is, get some art and sell it an auction where your benefactor businessman is ready to bid, and that way money is transferred to your Mafia friend and it's all clean money at the end!