Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 08/08/10
Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Former 'NSync singer Joey Fatone will auction his Orlando home on September 11. It is currently listed for $6.5 million (up from the $5.9 million it was at when it was our estate of the day) and the minimum bid for the auction is $3.7 million.
--Art dealer Larry Gagosian has bought a Los Angeles home owned by David Bohnett, the philanthropist and technology entrepreneur. The home was originally built for actor Gary Cooper and was listed for $18.9 million.
--A Montana ranch owned by the widow of Jay Call, the late founder of Flying J, a fuel retailer, has hit the market for $33 million. The Dancing Wind Ranch, is just outside of Livingston, Montana about a half-hour drive from Yellowstone National Park.
From the NY Post:
--Katy Perry and Russell Brand are continuing their NYC apartment hunt. Rumor has it that their budget is $3 million. Brand recently checked out a condo in the Upper West Side's storied Apthorp building. The $2.83 million, one-bedroom, 1½-bathroom, second-floor unit is 1,340 square feet.
--Siblings R. Hunter Cushing and Hilary Cushing Block had such strong opinions about who should sell Belle Meade, their late parents' Quogue estate, that a judge had to settle the matter. The court ordered the listing to go to Prudential Douglas Elliman's Enzo Morabito. The 1906 Greek Revival home is listed at $6.95 million.
--Corcoran Group broker Susan Breitenbach, sold her own 3 acres of vacant land in North Haven, at 42 Actors Colony Road, for $12 million.
--Restaurateur Stratis Morfogen, owner of Philippe on the Upper East Side and in the Hamptons, is listing his apartment at 930 Fifth Ave. for $3.5 million.
--Heidi Klum, Seal and their four children recently stayed at 400 West St. in the West Village, owned by Bob and Cortney Novogratz of "9 By Design" fame. The five-bedroom glass townhouse is listed for sale at $19.95 million.
From the LA Times Hot Properties:
--Soap star Katherine Kelly Lang and her husband, Alex D'Andrea have listed their Sherman Oaks home at $1.449 million.
--Professional skateboarder Erik Ellington has sold his Hollywood Hills contemporary for $1.4 million. He bought the home in 2007 for $1.845 million.
--"Doctor Who" producer Julie Gardner has purchased a Santa Monica Canyon-area house for $1.95 million.
--Karen Pankow, the ex-wife of trombone player James Pankow of the band Chicago, has sold her Malibu estate for $3.5 million.
--Actress Missi Pyle and her husband, grizzly bear expert and naturalist Casey Anderson, have sold their Beachwood Canyon home for $659,000.
From the Real Estalker:
--A comprehensive piece on the reclusive heiress Huguette Clark and the many properties she owns around the U.S.
--Steve Carell has picked up a home in Toluca Lake, California for $6 million. The home belonged to comedian Jonathan Winters.
--Interior designer John Saladino has listed his six-bedroom home in Montecito for $24.5 million. The listing is here.
--Mario Lopez has picked up a four-bedroom home in Glendale, California for $1.94 million.
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