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Paris' Famed Hotel de Crillon for Sale at $420 Million

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Wealth

Paris' famed Hôtel de Crillon, one of the world's most luxurious hotels with a clientele of celebs and royalty, has been put up for sale by its American owner Starwood Capital for about $420 million. Constructed in 1758 as a government building commissioned by Louis XV, the palatial edifice (above) near the Champs Elysées on Place de la Concorde was converted into a hotel 100 years ago. Its Leonard Bernstein suite, on the top floor with a wrap-around terrace, features one of the late maestro's pianos.

Other luminaries past and present who have patronized the Crillon include Marie Antoinette, King George V, the Shah of Iran, Winston Churchill, FDR, Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie O, Mariah Carey, Madonna and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The hotel is more likely to be sold to a high net-worth individual or a property investor rather than one of the large hotel chains, the Times of London reports. Starwood took over the Crillon in 2005 as part of its €2 billion acquisition of Taittinger's hotel and champagne empire.

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Another Historic Apartment Up For Sale At The Osborne

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

A couple of weeks ago we looked at Charles Osgood's apartment at the historic Osborne building in New York City, now there is another beautiful apartment up for sale in the same building. The Real Deal reports that composer Leonard Bernstein and singer Bobby Short were both once residents in Apartment 4B at the Osborne. The eight-room apartment is up for sale for the first time in two decades. The four-bedroom apartment has Victorian touches including call buttons to summon servants and a secret passageway that leads from the front hall to the kitchen. The tiger oak floors and the stained glass in the parlor windows shown above are also original. This apartment has 14-foot ceilings and five fireplaces with magnificent mantles. It is listed at $3.495 million.

Gallery: Another Historic Osborne Apartment