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10 Most Expensive
Mansions for sale in
United States as of
1/1/2008
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$165 million
Beverly Hills, Calif. Once the home of newspaper mogul William
Randolph Hearst, this 6.5-acre mega-mansion in Beverly Hills was
built in 1926 and was featured in the film The Godfather. The
compound comprises six buildings that have a total of 29
bedrooms. There are three swimming pools and a movie theater. |
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$125 million
Fleur de Lys Beverly Hills, Calif.
Suzanne Saperstein's gem is aptly called the Fleur de Lys.
Modeled after Louis XIV's palace at Versailles, the
45,000-square-foot home took five years to build following
Saperstein's accumulation of five acres in Holmby Hills during
the 1990s. Should strolling the grounds bore you, there is a
50-seat screening room, a library filled with first-edition
books, and a nine-car garage. |
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$125 million
Dunnellen Hall Greenwich, Conn.
On 40 acres of rolling hills, with lawns and meadows broken up
by tree lines that provide privacy, this Jacobean manor has
21,897 square feet, 14 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms. Vaulted
ceilings, travertine marble floors, bay windows, limestone walls
and wood paneling are notable interior features, as is a
52-foot-long indoor swimming pool. |
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$100 million
Tranquility Lake Tahoe, Nev.
This 210-acre property is owned by Joel Horowitz, co-founder of
Tommy Hilfiger. The 20,000-square-foot main house is modeled
after a Northern European mountain home and has a 3,500-bottle
wine cellar. An indoor swimming pool and atrium, as well as a
19-seat movie theater, ensure constant entertainment, even if
you're snowed in. |
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$100 million
Maison de L'Amitié Palm Beach, Fla.
In 2004 Donald Trump bought former health care executive Abe
Gosman's palace, Maison de L'Amitié, center, at a bankruptcy
auction for $41.25 million. The refurbished version comes
complete with a ballroom, conservatory, 100-foot-long ballroom
and 475 feet of oceanfront. |
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$95 million
Hillandale Stamford, Conn.
With its stone construction, hedged gardens, grass tennis court,
manicured gardens and distinctive chimneys, Hillandale has all
the markings of an English country manor. The 20,000-square-foot
residence has eight bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. It's so big that
the property straddles the New York-Connecticut border. Also
include four guest and staff residences and two barns, and five
miles of private roads. |
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$88 million
BootJack Ranch Pagosa Springs, Colo.
The main house is 13,800 square feet and has four bedrooms and
four bathrooms, nestled on 3,100 acres. Outlying guest cabins
and lodges can host up to 50 people and bring the total interior
space up to 77,000 square feet. In addition, there's a
12,000-square-foot spa and aquatic center. |
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$85 million
Bel Air, Calif.
One of the last homes designed by famed California architect
Wallace Neff, this estate rests on seven acres of land in the
Holby Hills area of Bel Air. Lawns, walking paths and gardens
surround the 12-bedroom, 10-bathroom main house, and there's
also a hardcourt tennis court and pool. Inside, the home bends
around a giant central atrium with curving hallways and
overlooks. |
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$80 million
Southampton, N.Y.
The interior space of 13,500 square feet across four stories
contains nine bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, four powder rooms and a
movie theater. That's enough to catch anyone's eye, but what's
really unique about this property is the waterfront. The home is
situated between a pond and the ocean, and there is 1,000 feet
of shorefront and 1,000 feet of pond front. |
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$75 million
The Portabello Estate Corona del Mar, Calif.
The triple oceanfront lot along the Pacific Ocean in Southern
California is only part of what makes the Portabello Estate so
pricey. The unique design resembles a nautilus shell, with a
dramatic grotto surrounded by "chambers." Built in 2002, the
home has eight bedrooms and 10 full baths in nearly 30,000
square feet of ultramodern space. |
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