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Most expensive U.S. home sales ever
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Le Belvedere, Los Angeles
Sale price: $50 million in 2010
Buyer: Indonesian businessman, identity unknown
Seller: Mohamed Hadid, real-estate developer
Once listed for $85 million, the 48,000-square-foot spec house has 11 bedrooms, a ballroom that can seat 200, a Turkish hammam (steam bath) and a swan pond.
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The Plaza, New York
Sale price: $52 million in 2007
Buyer: Harry Macklowe, founder of Macklowe Properties
The New York real-estate maven closed on seven apartments in the Plaza Hotel, which had been newly renovated and converted into condo units, reportedly to create a full-floor spread.
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Harkness Mansion, New York
Sale price: $53 million in 2006
Buyer: J. Christopher Flowers, chairman of J.C. Flowers & Co.
The 113-year-old, 50-foot-wide limestone townhouse encompasses more than 20,000 square feet. In 2006, this sale set a record for the most expensive home transaction in New York. Since then, it has been resold at a loss: Art dealer Larry Gagosian purchased it in 2011 for $36.5 million.
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Strauss estate, Atherton, Calif.
Sale price: $53 million in October 2011
Buyer: Anonymous
Seller: Family of Madeleine Haas Russell
The 12-acre Levi Strauss estate, peddling a piddly 2,050 square feet of finished living space, commanded the highest sales price in the billionaire-centric Silicon Valley enclave.
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Casa Apava, Palm Beach, Fla.
Sale price: $70 million in 2004 and 2005
Buyer: Dwight Schar, founder of NVR Inc.
Seller: Ron Perelman, worth $12 billion
The Virginia homebuilder purchased the seven-bedroom, 18-bath oceanfront home, which sits on 11 acres, from the billionaire investor and his ex-wife, actress Ellen Barkin.
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Ritz-Carlton penthouse, New York
Sale price: $70 million in June 2012
Buyer: Steve Wynn, worth $2.5 billion
Seller: Christopher Jeffries, founder of Millennium Partners
The casino magnate bought the 10,900-square-foot duplex condo two months after it came to market. It has 14 rooms, including a 900-square-foot living room, a master suite with his-and-hers dressing rooms and a gym, a media room and a library.
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Maison de L'Amitie, Palm Beach, Fla.
Sale price: $95 million in 2008
Buyer: Dmitry Rybolovlev, worth $9 billion
Seller: Donald Trump, worth $3.1 billion
The sprawling oceanfront 60,000-square-foot compound includes diamond and gold fixtures and a garage that can hold nearly 50 cars.
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Silicon Valley Mansion, Los Altos Hills, Calif.
Sale price: $100 million in March 2011
Buyer: Yuri Milner, worth $1 billion
Seller: Fred Chan, founder of ESS Technology
The Facebook investor broke records with the purchase of this French chateaux-inspired limestone abode that touts indoor and outdoor pools, a ballroom and second-floor living areas that gaze out on San Francisco Bay.
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Broken O Ranch, Augusta, Mont.
Sale price: Uncomfirmed; estimated between $90 million and $132.5 million
Buyer: Stan Kroenke, worth $4 billion
Seller: Estate of the William Moore family, late founders of Kelly-Moore Paint Co.
Thanks to state laws, the final sale price of this 124,000-acre operational ranch is undisclosed and unconfirmed. The estate boasts a 10,000-square-foot main house with indoor pool, horse stables, nearly 4,500 heads of cattle, extensive water rights and substantial agricultural capacity for small grain crops and alfalfa hay.
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Mountain Home Road, Woodside, Calif.
Sale price: $117.5 million
Buyer: Unknown
Seller: Tully Friedman, chief executive of Friedman, Fleischer and Lowe
The most expensive home sale on record includes a 9,000-square-foot neoclassical-style house, a 1,117-square-foot colonnaded pool house, a detached library, a "retreat" building, a swimming pool, a tennis court and formal gardens.
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