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Hibben Road, Estate of the Day

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Today's home is another being auctioned off by Concierge Auctions. The home in Princeton, New Jersey was designed in 1927 by architect Rolf Bauhan and has been given plenty of renovations that make it work for modern life. The home has five bedrooms including one above the garage that can be used as an office or study. Details include four fireplaces, a library, garden study and a beautiful circular conservatory. The grounds include a pool and a walkway leads to a detached studio/guest house that boasts a large game or party room complete with disco ball, walk-in sauna, exercise room and kitchenette.

The home will be sold at a live, on-site auction on February 17. It was originally listed for $4.2 mill but will be auctioned without reserve. The sale is being conducted in cooperation with listing broker Judson Henderson of Henderson Sotheby's International Realty.The property will sell to the highest bidder, regardless of price. A 2.5% commission is offered to the buyer's representing agent. The property is open for preview daily from 1 to 4 pm and by appointment. To schedule a preview, call 800-211-1785. For more information, visit www.PrincetonAuction.com.

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The Classicist: Ralph Lauren Re-Launches Famed Rhinelander Mansion in NYC

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Filed under: Apparel, Timepieces / Watches, Men's Style, The Classicist, Architecture & Design, Luxury Shopping

Ralph Lauren has relaunched his famed flagship in the historic Rhinelander Mansion on Madison Avenue in New York, transforming it into the world's foremost mecca of men's style. Spanning nearly 16,000 square feet, the Mansion, originally converted into an opulent retail palace by Lauren in 1986, now exclusively houses the designer's various men's collections with the company's first Women's and Home flagships due to open across the avenue later this fall. Originally designed in the 1890s by Kimball & Thompson, the the large French Renaissance Revival Mansion is an architectural treasure as well with a classic Beaux Arts façade exemplary of the the Upper East Side's grand architecture.

The new space showcases the Purple Label, Black Label, Polo, RRL and RLX Ralph Lauren collections of men's apparel and accessories, with an emphasis on the most luxurious elements. Service has been stepped up as well, with butlers to serve snacks and drinks on silver trays and a fleet of Mercedes-Benzes to chauffer important clients on shopping trips. The store features a full range of impeccably crafted made-to-measure suits, dress shirts, trousers, topcoats, sport coats and formalwear customized to exacting measurements, and made-to-order accessories and leather goods. Every room in the Mansion has been updated with cinematic decor in keeping with the neoclassical style of the original grand residence, from antiques and fixtures to furniture and art, including 18th- and 19th-century oil portraits and noteworthy photographs from Ralph Lauren's personal collection.

Gallery: The New Rhinelander Mansion

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Want to Be a Billionaire? First, Get a Harvard Degree

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Obviously you don't have to have a degree from Harvard in order to become a billionaire – but it certainly helps. According to Forbes' new ranking of universities with the highest number of billionaire alums, Harvard thrashes the competition with a record 62 billionaire grads to its credit – more than double the total of the #2 ranked school, Stanford. A whopping 62 Harvard grads are worth $1 billion or more this year, up from 54 last year. Yale clocks in at No. 5 on the list of the top 10 with 16 billionaire alums, while Princeton barely makes the cut at all, coming out tied for last place with Cornell with 9. Notable billionaire Harvard grads include New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Citadel founder Kenneth Griffin, Meg Whitman of eBay and David Rockefeller Sr. Worth noting: an Ivy League degree isn't necessarily better, and Forbes points out that on last year's Forbes 400 list, at least 41 billionaires did not have a college degree at all. Check out the full list of the top 10 after the jump:

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The Classicist: 'Take Ivy' - The Original Preppy Handbook

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Filed under: Apparel, Books, Men's Style, The Classicist

Take Ivy, with photos by Japan's T. Hayashida, is truly the original preppy handbook, first published way back in 1965 – in Japanese. In the early 1960s Kensuke Ishizu, the founder of an Ivy League-inspired clothing line called Van Jacket, commissioned Hayashida and three other Japanese disciples of clean-cut American style to go on a "fact-finding mission" to all of the States' eight Ivy League colleges – Havard, Yale, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell – chronicling every element of the students' style along the way. Hayashida took tens of thousands of photos at the colleges, then went on to document the stores the students patronized, the cars they drove and even Ivy League grads working on Madison Avenue. When first published in Japan the book sparked a huge trend for Ivy League fashion among Japanese youths who frequented Tokyo's hip Ginza shopping district.

In subsequent decades the book developed a huge cult following among sartorial connoisseurs, with rare original editions selling for thousands of dollars on eBay. The New York Times called it "a treasure of fashion insiders" and cited its influence on a number of men's fashion designers in an article last year, noting photocopied versions were being passed around design studios helping to spark a whole new trend. Now powerHouse Books is re-issuing the book this month, with a long-awaited English translation; J.Crew has also printed 300 limited edition copies in a special case in celebration to be sold in select J.Crew mens shops, the perfect accompaniment to the Ivy-inspired clothing on its shelves; J. Crew men's designer Frank Muytjens says he was "obsessed" by the book and it's timeless appeal.

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While The Official Preppy Handbook, which came out 15 years later, is rather tongue-in-cheek, Take Ivy's approach to the subject is downright scholarly. The implications of 'Ivy Style' "go beyond the group of eight prestigious universities that belong to the Ivy League, American football, or the vine itself that covers the buildings of Ivy League schools," the authors note. "It is also not simply about Madison Avenue, Brooks Brothers, modern jazz and folk songs. They do play a part in defining 'Ivy' as a whole, but each of them is only a peripheral component.... In order to understand the spirit of 'Ivy', you must appreciate and master all aspects of American East Coast culture." Thus the back of the book features instructions on building the perfect Ivy League wardrobe including how to wear key items along with a whole compendium of the Ivy League ethos.

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Montgomery Township, Estate of the Day

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I love this one. A classic 1800s New Jersey farmhouse that has been given a classically lovely updating. The six-bedroom house is one 47 acres in Montgomery Township but the home boasts a Princeton mailing address. The grounds include a tennis court with a gazebo and cutesy blobs of shrubbery and a pool with a large pool house. The six bedroom main house includes a formal dining room, eat-in kitchen and plenty of rooms stuffed with cozy couches that are placed for conversation not for television watching. In fact I didn't spot a single giant television in any of the listing pictures, instead there is art over the fireplace. Truly beautiful. This property is listed at $8.5 million.

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Pretty Brook Road, Estate of the Day

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For a while Tusculum was the most expensive property listed in Princeton, New Jersey. It's lingered on the market for two years and is now down to $9.75 million from a high of $12 million when it was our estate of the day. On top now is this charming Georgian manor house on 22 acres. The brick home and matching outbuildings share a classic style. The gracious older home is decorated in a formal style that makes you want to sit up a little straighter. It includes a breakfast room, conservatory and six bedrooms including a master suite. Things get a little more laid back on the third floor which is where you find the home theater, a wet bar and exercise room. The property also has a pool, tennis courts, six-car garage, backup garage, separate office with mahogany paneling and a billiard room, a caretaker's apartment and a greenhouse. It is listed at $14.5 million.

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Tusculum, Estate of the Day

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It's no easy task to live in an older house especially one built in 1773. Tusculum was the summer home of Rev. John Witherspoon, a leading patriot, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and 6th president of Princeton University. When Avril and John Moore bought Tusculum in 1996 they undertook an epic remodel with restoration architect Jeffrey Clarke. An article on the HGTV website chronicles the work that took place. The old stone foundation had to be encased in concrete and the woodwork and mantels were refinished. The original house did have to be modified for modern conveniences like a gourmet kitchen, a family room and bedrooms. The property includes a main residence, stone embankment barn, caretakers' cottage and farm outbuildings dating from various years. All the outbuildings have been repaired, restored or re-built. The wine cellar holds 2,000 bottles and is entered through the special tasting room. It is listed at $12 million. After the jump, I think I'd rather live in the barn.

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