Largest deposit lost
Who
Mikhail Prokhorov
What
390000000 euro(s)
Where
()
When
2009
Mikhail Prokhorov (Russia) agreed to pay €390 million ($528.9 million, £353.8 million) for the villa Leopolda de Villefranche-sur-Mer outside Nice, France, in 2008, but withdrew from the sale in 2009, losing his €40 million ($54.2 million, £36.2 million) deposit in the process.