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Art collector and philanthropist Beth Rudin DeWoody is selling her Hamptons vacation home at 9 Briar Lane in Southampton for $4.2 million. Built in 1911 and located in Southampton Art Village made famous by painter William Merritt Chase, the exquisite, shingled Arts & Crafts home features meticulously kept original details, including soldier cross and herring bone…
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Philanthropist Jane Rivkin, widow of financial strategist Jack Rivkin who died in October 2016, has listed her Hamptons estate with Town & Country Real Estate CEO Judi Desiderio for $18 million. Built in 1909, the Rivkins purchased the 6,500-square-foot Amagansett home at 90 Indian Wells Highway from cultured pearl magnate Salvador Assael in 2010 for $6.5 million. The…
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The Hamptons held onto its luxury cred in 2016: Sagaponack has been named America’s priciest ZIP code for the second consecutive year. Earlier this month, PropertyShark.com released its annual list of the country’s most expensive ZIP codes, and Sagaponack’s 11962 landed on top with a median sale price of $5.5 million. It just beat last year’s runner…
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Richard Gere sells, Christie Brinkley lists, Candace Bushnell buys…and our readers, well, read, making this quintet our top celebrity real estate stories from this past year. Sex and the…Country? Sometimes great things come in small(er) packages. Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell purchased a lovely home in Sag Harbor in March for $680,000. Bushnell…
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Once the most expensive Hamptons listing west of the canal, the grand 16,000-square-foot Atwater estate at 66 Seafield Lane in Westhampton Beach is now in contract for $16.75 million. The sale is going through Douglas Elliman superbroker Enzo Morabito. Designed by Lincoln Memorial architect Henry Bacon in 1903 as a summer estate for coal baron William Cutler Atwater, the…
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On Friday, December 2, Douglas Elliman agent Melissa Pintauro hosted a gathering to launch a Dress for Success clothing drive, which is continuing through the Friday before Christmas at her firm’s Sag Harbor office. The event sought to bring attention to the Dress for Success organization, which empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing…
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Mary’s Marvelous in Amagansett, the first of the business’s two locations, is closing its doors and hitting the local real estate market as a long-term lease for $625,000 in key money. The deal, through Douglas Elliman brokers Richard Kohr and Lori Macgarva, includes all existing equipment, but not the property or the Mary’s Marvelous name, which will…
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Bravo released the first trailer for their new Montauk-set reality show, Summer House, this week, and looks like it celebrates everything the people of Montauk are fighting to keep out of the once quiet fishing village. That said, if you remove last summer’s soon-to-be-famous renters, the show’s titular house is a lovely and serene place—and…
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After more than two years on and off the market, Susan Lucci has reportedly gone into contract to sell her palatial East Quogue oceanfront home, Four Winds, for just shy of $20 million, according to Page Six. Lucci first listed the 7-bedroom, 7-bath, shingle-style home at 20 Dune Road with Douglas Elliman power broker Enzo Morabito…
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Counting up from 17 to 550,960,120, Hamptons real estate numbers are making headlines all over the map this fall. Read on to find the hottest local markets, celebrity listings, unique rentals and more. 17 – Number of homes sold in Montauk during the third quarter of 2016, according to Town & Country Real Estate’s Home…
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