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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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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, A 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.
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One Hyde Park: one of the World’s Most Exclusive Address
One Hyde Park sits at 100 Knightsbridge, directly across from the park that gives it its name, in the heart of one of London's wealthiest postcodes. Flats here have long traded in the tens of millions of pounds, and the numbers have only climbed.
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Hummingbird Nest Ranch: The Story Behind Simi Valley’s 124-Acre Equestrian Empire
Hummingbird Nest Ranch: the $78M Simi Valley estate built for equestrian dreams, undone by divorce, and reborn as Hollywood's favorite filming backdrop.
