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Inside Le Belvédère: The Bel Air Trophy Estate Redefining Ultra-Luxury
Beyond the familiar coast, a quieter season of private gardens, storied hotels and long lunches unfolds.
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Big Canyon: Five Decades as One of Orange County’s Most Exclusive Private Clubs
It's the kind of place that gives its name to the surrounding neighborhood rather than the other way around
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Barovie and Toso: A Story of Fire, Light, and the Future
Fire, Heritage, and the Renaissance of a Venetian Dynasty
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Fleur de Lys: The Rise and Sale of Holmby Hills’ $102 millionVersailles-Inspired Trophy Mansion
The inspiration for Fleur de Lys was explicit and unapologetic: France's 17th-century Vaux-le-Vicomte, the château whose extravagance so alarmed King Louis XIV that he had its creator arrested and then built Versailles in response, determined to outdo it.
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Villa La Leopolda: the Riviera’s Most Famous, Once valued at roughly 500 million Euro House That Never Sold
Few properties on the French Riviera carry a history as tangled as Villa La Leopolda, perched above Villefranche-sur-Mer near Nice. At one point valued at roughly €500 million, it has long been cited as one of the most expensive private residences on Earth, even though it has, remarkably, never actually completed a sale at anywhere near that figure in the modern era.
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French Riviera Château de la Garoupe: Jan Koum’s $70 Million Acquisition
The château carries nearly 120 years of European high-society history, a Russian oligarch's dramatic downfall, and a French state seizure along the way, all wrapped into one of the most storied addresses on the French Riviera.
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The Billionaire’s Discount: Inside Stephen Ross’s $40 Million Sale at the Time Warner Center
In early January 2023, a single line in New York City's public property records quietly closed the book on one of Manhattan's most closely watched luxury listings. The full-floor penthouse atop the south tower of the building once known as the Time Warner Center sold for $40 million.
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The $361 Million Peak Mansion: Inside Hong Kong’s Record-Breaking Trophy Home Sale
For a brief but headline-grabbing stretch in the world of ultra-luxury real estate, the title of one of the most expensive private homes ever sold belonged to an estate above the harbor on Hong Kong's Victoria Peak. The sale price: roughly HK$2.8 billion, or approximately US$361 million — a figure so large that it briefly placed the property among a small handful of the priciest residential transactions ever recorded anywhere on Earth.
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The”Billionaire’s Bunker”: Ken Griffin’s $238 Million Manhattan Penthouse
The penthouse spans roughly 24,000 square feet across four floors, with published listings describing 16 bedrooms and 17 bathrooms, five balconies, and a terrace facing directly onto Central Park.