Rush Limbaugh Unloads NYC Penthouse for $11.5 Million

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Jul 11th 2010 at 7:01PM

Back in March we reported that larger-than-life conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh had listed his pre-war Fifth Avenue penthouse for sale at $13.95 million after vowing to leave New York City. Following a $1 million price cut a month or so later, he has now found a buyer for the overdecorated spread who is shelling out about $11.5 million, according to the Wall St. Journal. The 20th-floor penthouse (above) at 1049 Fifth Avenue, which Limbaugh purchased in 1994, features 10 rooms with expansive Central Park and Reservoir views and four terraces, two of which face the park.

There's a double living room with a fireplace, a wood paneled library, large media room with a terrace, a kitchen with a breakfast room, a large dining room with two terraces, four bedrooms with en-suite baths, and his-and-hers dressing rooms and baths, each with an oversized tub and stall shower. There are hand painted mural ceilings and walls throughout by artist Richard Smith and gold leaf moldings. The foyer entry floor is patterned Italian hand-cut marble with herringbone mahogany in the uncarpeted rooms, and walls are upholstered in Fortuny fabric. There's also a separate maid's room with bath on the third floor.

Gallery: Rush Limbaugh on Fifth Ave.

Tags: celebrity real estate, Fifth Avenue, New York City, penthouse, Rush Limbaugh

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arfur Jul 12th 2010 11:04PM

good for him....Taxes taxes taxes

james robinson Jul 18th 2010 10:58PM

Good,wishes to you , you deserve the best...America is depending on your word...Jack

Patty Jul 12th 2010 8:19PM

Just imagine all that money he has, just from spewing garbage from his mouth!

sieben13 Jul 12th 2010 11:52PM

"Only in america"

Kenn Grindstaff Jul 12th 2010 8:21PM

There is NO way that a straight man lived in this apartment.

Mrs Sonya Parker Jul 12th 2010 8:42PM

I think your gaydar is dead-on, Kenn.

Erica Jul 12th 2010 8:57PM

Stop hating.

Ralph C. Jul 12th 2010 8:52PM

Good maybe Rush will make good on his word that if he sells penthouse he would move out of the united states

cathcartassoc Jul 18th 2010 5:52PM

If he is moving out of NYC, that means he is probably moving back to the United States.

Erica Jul 12th 2010 8:58PM

Does it bother you that the Kennedys have money?? They made theirs by bootlegging liquor.

Pam Jul 12th 2010 9:03PM

I like Rush only the brain dead liberal wacko don't....and New York is going to lose more people as the high tax on the rich doesn't work.so new york will lose in the end......
Share the wealth isn't anything anyone but the food stamp sit on the and pop out the kids like

BEVERLY GOLD Jul 12th 2010 9:43PM

I like him to Pam. They can't stand it because he speaks the truth.and I love the blue bed room...

Mike S Jul 12th 2010 9:48PM

soo if he sooo great and perfect y hasnt he moved to costa rico?? he promised he would if the health care law was passed and it did soooo when is he moving?? oh thats right, hypocrisy( however u spell it) doesnt matter to people like u

phil Jul 12th 2010 10:32PM

To Mike S.: Rush NEVER said he would move to Costa Rico if the Obama health care bill passed. He said he would GET his health care in Costa Rico. Big difference there, Lib! Clean the wax out of your ears and leave the plantation mentality behind. You might learn something.

Diane Jul 12th 2010 11:38PM

Rush wouldn't know the true if it bite in the rear. He's idiot.

katrina Jul 12th 2010 11:56PM

Well, Phil, Costa Rica has socialized medicine, so I guess rash limpballs is just his typical hypocritical self, eh?

tocool4uvk Jul 12th 2010 9:54PM

I am a conservative Republican and I hate rush. He wants to think for me? No way. Brain on loan from God? Not my God. This place is very gay. What straight man would ever want to live in that mess? No one. It makes me ill to know that this piece of trash has his kind of money. America truly sucks.

Erica Jul 12th 2010 9:23PM

You are not a conservative. You are a liberal posing as a conservative.

mike hylton Jul 12th 2010 10:47PM

YOUR convervative? yea and im a gun loving welfare hating liberal,, doesnt sound quite right does it??

Lisa Jul 13th 2010 1:13PM

This home looks very much like something from Europe, Versailes to be exact. Remember what happened in Versailes? Anyone? He's probably leaving because he's worried that might happen to him. lol. By the way, it's good to see some Conservative Republicans don't agree with him. I like independent thinkers!

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