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The Duke Semans Mansion

New York real estate blog, Curbed, draws our attention to the listing for the Duke Semans Mansion on Fifth Avenue.  This $50 million dollar home was built in 1901 (amazingly enough, on spec) and has over 19,000 sq. ft on eight floors. It ...

Duke Semans Mansion Sold

We've only been following this piece of real estate since last April so it's pretty big news that the Duke Semans mansion has finally been sold. The proud owner is Tamir Sapir, a former cabdriver who made his money in Russian oil and Manhattan real ...

Duke Semans Mansion Off the Market

And just like that it was gone.  The NY Post is reporting that the colossal Duke Semans mansion has been taken off the market.  The $50 million 20,000 sq. ft. mansion has disappeared off the websites it was co-listed on.  ...

Will Lenny Kravitz Buy the Duke Semans Mansion?

This article in the NY Times states the $50 million Duke Semans mansion might finally have a new owner, rock star turned design man, Lenny Kravitz. No deals have been set and multiple offers have been made but Kravitz has visited the house ...

$50 Million Mansion in NYC

Well, the Duke-Semans mansion may or may not be taken but it's not the only $50 million place in town. This impressive mansion was designed by Stanford White and is six floors of luxury. The 100 ft. wide home has high ceilings, French windows, ...

NY Billionaire's Yacht Seized Over Endangered Animals

A $26 million yacht with Versace interiors owned by cab driver-turned-fertilizer king Tamir Sapir - who lives in Manhattan's famed Duke-Semans mansion (above) - was seized by customs officials in Miami this week over trophies made from the skins of ...

Objects of Desire: Week of 4/17/05

This week it's not longer about the watches, instead the focus is mansions.  From Ivan Lendl's palatial European-style Connecticut estate to the most substantial mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York and for those reality TV fans out there, the ...

Sunday Real Estate Round-Up

From the LA Times Hot Property: • Sorry Claymates, Clay Aiken is leaving L.A., his San Fernando Valley home is selling for $2.5 million • Hockey player Sean Avery has purchased a home for $989,000 in the Hollywood ...

Announcing Luxist's Hey Big Spender Contest

Luxist officially launched last December and to celebrate a year of the finer things in life we are offering a chance to get an extravagant boost on your holiday shopping. If you've been reading along with us this year you know we love to ...

Sunday Real Estate Round-Up

Slim pickings due to the holiday weekend… From the LA Times Hot Property: • Maria Bello has put her Venice home on the market for $2.85 million. The home, shown here, was originally a grocery store built in ...

Sunday Real Estate Round-Up

From the LA Times Hot Property: • Smokey Robinson and his wife,have put their estate in a gated Chatsworth development on the market for $10.5 million. They are downsizing from the seven bedroom, 9,000 sq. ft. home. Details ...

The Homes of America's Billionaires

As an adjunct to their just-released annual list of the 400 richest Americans, Forbes has included a special report on the homes of some of the billionaires who made the cut. Capping the account is of course Bill Gates, who tops the 400 with his $57 ...

Objects of Desire: Week of 1/15/06

It was a big real estate week. We located Goldie Hawn's Canada estate, found out about the Newlywed's home sale and the listing for the Diane von Furstenberg compound. Also we checked out the beginning of the award season swag parade and some of the ...



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