That is certainly timely, in light of this discussion!

Maybe it was the fact that he has 15 kids and a flotilla of staff, not to mention the two wives!

http://www.observer.com/2012/05/what...-really-about/

Thanks for the link, FraD.

Yes, but it was an easy sale for her penthouse apartment - http://www.observer.com/2012/04/buye...e-in-contract/

I have been intrigued by Ms. Clarks story for quite some time. That she chose to reside in a hospital and abandon her many homes for the last two decades of her life begs to be explored. For us that are not an heiress, what would be the tab to stay at Beth Isreal for 20 years, in which many years were in fine health.

I think the co-op board denying the buyer with his security force and entourage a nod to her reclusive life.

I never realized that Daddy Warbucks was 67 when she was born.

I wanted her place in CT - http://www.theatlanticwire.com/natio...e-clark/38384/

The jewelry, at least some of it, was auctioned, but what happened to the dolls?

Thani, the prime minister and foreign minister of Qatar and a member of that country’s royal family, had his offer of 31 million dollars for two co-op apartments on Fifth turned down.

Welcome back Qatar.

Adu - I am not shiny :)

Sophie - if you're still reading this, Carnegie Hill on the UES is a beautiful, quiet, historic neighborhood.

UPDATE ON THE HUGUETTE CLARK APARTMENT: Sold for $US25.5 million, $1.5 over ask:







http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20.../?ref=nyregion

UPDATE ON THE HUGUETTE CLARK APARTMENT: Sold for $US25.5 million, $1.5 over ask:
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I could not get it any cheaper.

And here we were trying to throw a smoke screen on the buyer's identity!

After the redo, can I come visit?

Only if you bring a box of cookies.

I was just learning about Huguette Clark while in Santa Barbara, where she has a huge estate that she did not visit in 40 + years.