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If you like Brooke Astor’s New York City apartment, be prepared to swoon over Holly Hill. The property in Briarcliff Manor, New York is everything you’d anticipate of Mrs. Astor’s country abode. Max Abelson of the New York Observer’s Manhattan Transfers recently took the tour with real estate broker David Turner.

The home is on 64.6 acres that include a four-bedroom gardener’s cottage, a chauffeur’s apartment atop a five-bay carriage house, an ancient pump house, barn with a three-car garage, a small museum, greenhouse, root cellar, pet cemetery, cutting gardens and something called the Love Temple. The land can be subdivided and developed.

The main house is a 1927 stone manor designed by architect William Delano. It has six marble fireplaces and 13 bedrooms, including staff quarters. The home has an elegant marble foyer, 42-foot-long parquet-floored drawing room, a sun room, an indoor pool and a beautiful library. Other rooms include the photograph-covered Memory Room; the Cardinal’s Room with telegrams from the Vatican on the wall and of course a large master suite. This home is listed at $12.9 million.

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Of course you already known that Hugh Jackman is one lucky man. The genetically-blessed Aussie has a thriving career and a lovely life. But my envy certainly spiked an octave when I learned that Jackman had picked up one of my favorite New York City estate of the days. This expansive triplex in the Perry Street building designed by Richard Meier has beautiful Hudson River views and over 11,000 square feet of space. Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy bought the raw space in 2002 for $17.57 million and put the home up for sale last November for $40 million. The home on the eighth, ninth and 10th floors has a massive double-height living room, gourmet kitchen, huge dining room, a large recreation room and a small wine cellar. There are five bedrooms total including a master bedroom with an exercise area, bath, sauna and dressing areas. Each floor has a terrace and the most amazing feature of the home is the dramatic swirled staircase.

Jackman got himself a deal too. The New York Observer’s sources state that the final sales price was between $20 and $23 million which is even lower than the $25 million or so it was originally rumored that he was paying. The NY Post says the triplex went for $21 million. Either way, Bill Joy likely didn’t make a lot of money off this deal.

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I’m not sure if today’s home belongs to a sports star but the indoor basketball court with the Chicago Bulls logo in this home in Burr Ridge, Illinois does make me wonder. No matter what this is one extravagant home that could easily appeal to someone finding themselves suddenly in need of a place to spend their massive paychecks. In addition to six bedrooms the over 20,000 square foot home home also has an indoor swimming pool, locker room, spa, sauna, home theater, elevator, two kitchens, an outdoor patio and pond with a large fountain (even more pictures at the virtual tour here). It is listed at $8,999,999.

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Homes in Minnesota over $10 million always attract my attention. This one, an expansive home of over 14,500 square feet on Lake Minnewaska was designed by architect Rehkamp Larson. The home and carriage house is set on 1400 feet of sandy beach lakeshore on Lake Minnewaska and includes 242 acres which can be developed. The home offers both indoor and outdoor spaces including a large outdoor fireplace. The interior is bright and breezy and full of natural wood and stone details. The home is listed for $7.9 million separately without the acreage or an even $16 million with.
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For many New Yorkers, realizing you’ve grown up happens when you take stock and note that you finally have enough money for a home outside the city (read: more than two rooms), you need or want more space, and you cannot stand apartment living one second longer. Enter Westchester, the suburb that offers space and upscale living but is close to the heart of NYC via a train ride on Metro-North.

Here’s one option: This 1904 Milton Point Colonial, situated on 2.55 acres in Rye City, N.Y., offers 6,963 square feet, 14 rooms (seven BR, 5.5 BA), a shoreline pool and spa, two-car garage, alarm system, deck, eat-in kitchen, fireplace, high ceilings, skylights, walkout basement, and wet bar. Taxes are $112,675. Asking price: $7,595,000.

Click on the pic to see the listing sheet. Or, go to Houlihan Lawrence and enter either Web ID QD411021 or MLS # 2819330.

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Another multi-million home is headed to auction, this time in Highland Park, Illinois on Chicago’s North Shore. The home is a model home overlooking a ravine on 1.35 acres. The five-bedroom home is located a short walk from Lake Michigan and is over 11,000 square feet. The rooms have 10′ ceilings and feature Wisconsin stone and Brazilian Mahogany details. Other features include a home entertainment area with its own kitchen and a wine cellar. There’s also a four-car garage with cedar doors and the plumbing and infrastructure for an indoor pool is in place. How much of a deal can you get on this one? The press release states that it was originally priced at almost $4 million and the minimum bid is $2.45 million. The auction will be on December 9, the next day the same auction broker, Inland Real Estate Auctions will auction off a variety of properties that include a 2,600-square-foot, eighth-floor penthouse condominium in Lincolnwood, Ill. and a newly-built three-bedroom single-family home in west suburban Plano.

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Singer and current Dancing With The Stars contestant Lance Bass is pretty serious about getting rid of his Beverly Hills Post Office area home this go round. Yes, that’s right, as the Real Estalker reports this isn’t Bass’s first trip to the real estate rodeo. He put this home on the market first back in 2006 for $5.25 million (check out the original house tour from back then here). He bought the home in 2003 for $3.88 million so at that price he was poised to make a tidy profit. The home didn’t sell and now he has put the home with the guest house and two pools up for sale at a price that is whisper close to his original purchase price. Why? The Real Estalker’s commenters dish that he already has his eye on a new bigger home. The over-one-acre property has great views and lots of space in fact it seems like too much space for only one man. While the decor is a bit off-kilter and downright florid in places there are things to love, like the skylight in the kitchen and the many terraces and balconies with fantastic views. The guest house, perched neatly next to the pool is almost more appealing than the main house. There’s also a separate gym which has its own lavatory. This home is listed at $3.925 million.

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Rock star kids have some pretty nice homes. We checked out Jade Jagger’s home last week, this day we’re looking at the home of Jakob Dylan, Bob Dylan’s son and a musician in his own right. The younger Dylan had a few hits with his band The Wallflowers and also has a solo career. As the LA Times Hot Property column points out Dylan’s classic Brentwood Park Spanish estate is a seven-bedroom beauty. It feature gleaming wood floors, beamed ceilings, wrought iron work details and vintage tiles. The property also includes a two-story guesthouse and a second guesthouse that’s currently used as a recording studio, a pool and spa. It is listed at $11 million.

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From the Wall Street Journal’s Private Properties:
–Kelsey Grammer is trying to sell two Los Angeles houses he purchased last year. One, his “fantastic flip” in Holmby Hills, we’ve mentioned before as an estate of the day, and he recently dropped $1 million off the price so that it now is listed at $18.9 million. The other, shown above, is in the Bel-Air neighborhood has recently been listed for $4.35 million. He bought the home for $4.05 million. The listing is here.
–A penthouse buyer at The Grand Madison, a Fifth Avenue development in Manhattan, is suing El-Ad Properties for $6.4 million claiming fraud and breach of contract.
–Greg Norman’s ex-wife Laua Adrassy has picked up a home in New York’s Hamptons for $7.55 million.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
–Musician Jakob Dylan has put his Los Angeles home on the market for $11 million. It’s our estate of the day later today.
– Model Cathleen Gallagher has just listed for $5.595 million a spec home in Pacific Palisades that she designed and developed. The solar-powered home is a three-story California Craftsman on the Las Lomas Bluffs. It has seven bedrooms plus a three-car garage. The property website is here.
–Russ Weiner, the founder of the Rockstar energy drink company is selling another piece of real estate. He dropped the price on his Sunset Strip area home by two million dollars. It is now listed at $2.995 million. The listing is here.
–Music and video producer John Diaz has put his home La Casa Moderna in the Mar Vista area on the market for $3.995 million. The listing is here.
–Are the Maloofs in financial trouble? They’re certainly selling a lot of real estate. We heard about Joe Maloof’s listing previously now comes news that his brother Phillip listed his Beverly Hills home at $16.995 million (the listing is here). His mom, Colleen, put her Beverly Hills home on the market in Might, and it is listed at $10.995 million.

From the NY Observer’s Manhattan Transfers:
–A two-year-old deed for Bravo chief Lauren Zalaznick’s NYC co-op at the Stewart Home in New York City shows that she and her husband paid $3.25 million.
–Bella Sapir, the ex-wife of billionaire Tamir Sapir just shut on a $8,895,000 penthouse at the new Veneto on East 53rd Street.
–Ramesh Singh, an executive at the large Swiss-based bank UBS, who now has two huge Park Avenue apartments on the market-both listed at enormous discounts. His apartment at 860 Park Avenue has been cut to $9.5 million down from $13.4 million, and his 15-room duplex at 823 Park Avenue is listed at $19.95 million down from $24.75 million.
–New York City’s most high-priced listing, the $80 million penthouse at Fifteen Central Park West, has come off the market but an 18th-floor duplex in the building is quietly for sale for $75 million.

From the NY Post’s Gimme Shelter:
–Tommy Hilfiger has rented a quadraplex apartment in a 12-story condo building that was formerly owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs. He’s paying around $50,000 per month for a five-bedroom, seven-bathroom apartment located on Park Avenue in the mid-70s.
–Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber might not be moving into One Madison Park, where they were in contract to purchase two apartments. Watts has been spotted checking out a three-bedroom duplex at 79 Laight St., a TriBeCa building known as the Sugar Warehouse, with a $5.3 million asking price.
–The apartment that Bella Sapir recently purchased for $8.9 million is now back on the market for $13.5 million. The listing is here.
–Erin Callan, the former Lehman Brothers CFO is in contract to purchase a new condo at 40 E. 66th St. She is stated to be paying between $7.5 million and $8 million for a three-bedroom apartment.

From Newsday’s Real LI:
A 6,000-square-foot Georgian mansion in Syosset, New York that was built in 1928, was once the centerpiece of a 110-acre summer estate owned by William Kennedy, president of one of New York City’s largest construction companies. Now the home is on over two acres and is listed at $2.199 million.
–Former New York Jet Vinny Testaverde has cut the price on his Oyster Bay Cove home to $4.6 million. It was listed at $6.495 million when it was our estate of the day earlier this year.
Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate is holding a grand open house at a new home in Sag Harbor on November 14. It will include a wine and cheese pairing and a fine art photography installation. The home is on the market for $2,995 million.

From the Real Estalker:
–Nicholas Cage has listed his private island, Leaf Cay, in the Exuma Island chain in the Bahamas for sale for $7 million.
–via Page Six, Jeremy Piven is staying at The Atelier while he is in New York doing Speed the Plow.
–The Real Estalker checks out the home that teenage actress Hayden Panettiere picked up earlier this year for $2.635 million.
–Lance Bass has relisted his Beverly Hills post office mansion. This will be our estate of the day on Monday.
–Rumor has it that British pop star Robbie Williams backed out of the $15,000,000+ contract he signed for a house in Beverly Park.
–Simon and Tamra Barney of The Real Housewives of Orange County have listed their home in Ladera Ranch, California for $1.59 million. The listing is here.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
–A home owned by music producer and drummer Michael Blakey in the Beverly Hills post office area has been reduced to $2.995 million down from an original asking price of $4.695 million. The listing is here.
–Another round of which celebrity owns this home. The Brentwood house in question is listed for $11 million.
–A Spanish-style home in Bel-Air that once played a role in Hollywood infamy (it was the place where Errol Flynn was accused of raping two underage girls) is now on the market for $18.95 million. The property also is available for rent for $45,000 a month. The listing is here.

From Kansas City.com:
–The Missouri home of Tammy Faye Messner (better known as Tammy Faye Baker) is on the market for $1.5 million. The listing is here.

Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 11/09/08 originally appeared on Luxist on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Last week’s LA Times Hot Property column led me to the beachside home of Roy Schlobohm, whose dad founded the famed bra and lingerie manufacturing company, Shirley of Hollywood. Scholobohm has listed his Malibu beach home at $13.3 million and it’s worth a long look if only for the verdant lawn all that glorrious beachfront. This property on Pacific Coast Highway is a bit up the coast in a secluded part of Malibu, away from the major clog of traffic. The layout is a bit weird, there are two houses with two bedrooms each, a main home and a guest house. Walls of glass make the ocean part of your daily life. The current decor is also interesting, the white and shiny contemporary house has been enlivened with animal prints and exotic art. This home is listed at $13.3 million.
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