Highlights from this week’s top news stories on luxury and global real estate, art, collectibles, and home.
Palm Springs, California | Gerard Bisignano, Vista Sotheby’s International Realty
The low-slung house was immortalized by several important photographers including Slim Aarons, whose popular 1970 photograph “Poolside Gossip” features two fashionable women lounging by the pool in midriff-baring outfits, the house and the silhouette of the desert mountains providing the backdrop.
Slim Aarons Immortalized This Richard Neutra Home in ‘Poolside Gossip.’ Now It’s Selling for $25 Million – Wall Street Journal
Great escapes: spectacular, secluded and for sale – Financial Times
World’s most expensive houses: 5 must-see mansions for the super rich – Homes & Gardens
Paget Is a Small Gem in Bermuda With a Big Heart – Mansion Global
Hot Property: New York Commuter Land – Financial Times
$4.5 Million Homes in California – New York Times
Property at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate asks $60M – Inman
Private Islands, Social Distancing & the New Normal – Elysian
Cape Cod House Hunt: There’s Much to See Behind This Purple Door – Cape Cod Times
Five of the world’s best homes for sale with integral nightlife – Financial Times
Producer Marshall Herskovitz Seeks $6 Million for Calabasas Horse Ranch – Los Angeles Times
$14 Million: That’s the Most Expensive Home Sold in Napa County in September – Napa Valley Register
A Chic Urban Retreat by Modernist Architect Lionel Morrison Asks $2.5M in Dallas – Dwell
Palm Beach House-Hunters Face Tight Market After Sizzling Summer of Sales – Palm Beach Daily News
How Do Real-Estate Agents Show Homes During Covid? With Face Masks, Gloves and Some Ingenuity – Wall Street Journal
House Hunting in Croatia: A Modern Mountain Villa for $1.2 Million – New York Times
This 1920s Spanish Revival on California’s Palos Verdes Peninsula Has Been Rebuilt and Expanded – Mansion Global
Chris Burch Sells ‘Small’ $15M Hamptons Mansion in Less Than a Month – New York Post
Sotheby’s to Sell Works for the Brooklyn Museum – PENTA
A Rare Macallan Collection, Including the Oldest Aged Whisky Up for Auction, Is Coming to Sotheby’s – Robb Report