Hot Home News: Jackie O's Mom, Rita Rudner & 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Penthouse
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Online, April 12, 2013 (Newswire.com) - This week, TopTenRealEstateDeals.com features the just sold $8.6 million Georgetown home that Jacqueline Kennedy's mother, Janet Lee Auchincloss, purchased during John F. Kennedy's presidency. Its history also includes Martha Washington's great great granddaughter; the first mayor of Georgetown; and Laughlin Phillips, former CIA operative, founder of 'Washingtonian' magazine and head of the family's Phillips Collection - the first American modern art museum. Hillary Clinton considered buying this home in 2000 following her election to the U.S. Senate.
In other home new:
The setting for the steamy 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' novel is a stunning penthouse on top of Escala, Seattle's new high rise condo in the heart of downtown. It was picture perfect for the character Christian Grey and is now that for the new owners, who paid $6.2 million to acquire the fantasy laden condo. The 5,100 square-foot home in the sky has stunning views over Elliott Bay, the Olympic mountains and downtown. It is the highest price ever paid for a condo in Seattle.
The 1920's era Villa Lauriston estate was built by Herbert Edwards Law, a San Francisco capitalist better known for purchasing the historic Fairmont Hotel just days before the 1906 earthquake. Unlike his peers who built their mansions in the city, Law chose to build his 16,000 square foot home in the rolling hills to the south in today's Silicon Valley. Law made many trips to Europe where he acquired marble flooring, fountains and statuary, wrought iron gates, leaded and stained glass windows, brass hardware, bronze and crystal light fixtures, paintings and artwork. Villa Lauriston was for sale at $20 million, now going to auction on April 21.
Also, Rita Rudner has made a funny video to help sell her $8.975 million California beach home, and Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are Florida neighbors with new homes who are competing this week in The Masters.
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