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Newport Beach bayfront mansion sold for $27 Million
July 08, 2010 - 加利福尼亚

A bayfront mansion in Newport Beach, Calif., listed in 2008 at $38 million, has sold for $27 million, according to court records.
The 10-bedroom home is on Harbor Island, where Pimco's Bill Gross last year paid $23 million for a house, then tore it down.
The seller in the recent transaction was DAKS, a limited-liability company majority-owned by apparel executive Arnold Simon, which paid $14 million in 2001 for the home.
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Music Veteran Mottola Asks $27.5 Million for Ranch
June 25, 2010 - 科罗拉多

Music-industry veteran Tommy Mottola is asking $27.5 million for his 324-acre ranch near Aspen, Colorado.
The former chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment-who has worked with artists including Bruce Springsteen, his former wife Mariah Carey and Billy Joel-bought the property for $14.7 million in 2003.
With a child starting school and other homes in Palm Beach, Greenwich, Conn., and New York, Mr. Mottola says he's selling because he's spending less time on the ranch these days.
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Price slashed for Ireland's most expensive property
June 01, 2010 - 爱尔兰

The Lavish Co Kildare estate owned by the late Tony Ryan, founder of Ryanair, has had its price cut by €30 million in a renewed bid to sell the 600-acre property.
Tony Ryan is said to have spent 100 million restoring the state before his death in 2007.
Last year the tycoon’s sons, Declan and Shane Ryan, put the Co Kildare estate quietly on the market at €80 million – the highest price ever asked for an Irish house.
No buyer emerged and this week Lyons Demesne was offered on the open market – for €50 million.
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Japan - The One and the Many
April 20, 2010 - 日本

Japan. Few places evoke such a rich and varied collection of images in the mind’s eye: blue hills shrouded in rolling mist; bullet trains moving at the speed of light; tranquil temples, bonsai gardens; futuristic cities flooded with neon light; colourful kimono-clad Geishas; businessmen in monochrome suits…remarkably, most of these images fulfill an accurately descriptive function.
The particular fusion of ultra-modern industrialised wealth with time-honoured cultural codes is part of what distinguishes this archipelago of islands in the Pacific – as do the gracious hospitality and attention to detail that render anything from dining, shopping, sightseeing and relaxing an absolute indulgence.
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Aspen's Woody Creek Ranch Listed for $59 Million
April 08, 2010 - 科罗拉多

The developers of an 813-acre ranch property outside Aspen, Colo., have cut its price by 33% for a new asking price of $59 million—still one of the priciest listings in the area.
The property has a 5,750-square-foot home built last year; the great room, with a maroon leather floor, has ceilings of more than 30 feet and mountain views. There's a restored ranch manager's home and a 10-stall barn.
A creek runs through the property, which has several ponds and can be further developed; the sellers anticipate the main home eventually being used as a guest home.
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Larry Hagman Cuts Price
March 12, 2010 - 加利福尼亚

Larry Hagman, who played oil tycoon J.R. Ewing on the prime-time drama "Dallas," has trimmed the price of his Ojai, Calif., estate to $9.5 million, an 11% cut.
Mr. Hagman, 78 years old, and his wife, Maj, built the 43-acre property, about 80 miles northwest of Los Angeles, in 1992.
It includes a Mediterranean-style house with nine bedrooms and a large entertaining space that fits more than 200 guests with a lap pool and retractable roof.
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Wright-House Price Cut
February 05, 2010 - 加利福尼亚

The owners of an iconic Los Angeles house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and inspired by ancient Mayan architecture have cut its price to $10.5 million, 30% less than the $15 million asked last June.
Atop a promontory on a half-acre in the city's Los Feliz neighborhood, the 6,000-square-foot estate includes a three-bedroom main house, and separate chauffeur's quarters.
The 1924 home, called the Ennis house, is one of four Mr. Wright constructed with interlocking pre-cast concrete blocks, some patterned and others smooth
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Ennis House, California
January 03, 2010 - 加利福尼亚

The Ennis House, the largest of Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘textile-block’ homes, is being jointly offered for USD$15 million by Hilton & Hyland and Dilbeck Realtors in Los Angeles, and Christie’s Great Estates worldwide.
Built in 1924, the home’s exotic, Mayan temple exterior and cathedral-like interior have made the Ennis House a popular setting for films and one of the most recognised landmarks in Los Angeles.
Commanding a hillside at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains, the estate consists of a main house of around 600 sq m and a smaller chauffeur’s quarters separated by a paved motor courtyard.
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Carla Bruni's Castle Back on the Market
November 03, 2009 - 皮埃蒙特

The historic home in the Italian hills where French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy spent her early childhood is staking a "for sale" sign once again, just months after a Saudi billionaire bought the palatial property for $25 million.
Now the buyer, who has since been revealed as billionaire Saudi businessman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, has relisted the historic castle with an affiliate of Christie's Great Estates with a reported asking price of about 19 million Euros ($28 million).
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Yves Saint Laurent's house in Morocco up for sale
August 18, 2009 - 摩洛哥

The Tangier, Morocco, cliffside home of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent is up for sale. Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé purchased the property in 1998.
Now Christie's Great Estates have announced that Marrakech broker Majorelle Investissement is offering the house for sale with an undisclosed asking price.
The 9,700 square feet home, Villa Mabrouka (House of Luck) is in a superb cliffside position overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar.
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