Listed for $24M, Huguette Clark Fifth Ave. apartment snapped up

In less than 30 days, a buyer snapped up the first of three apartments belonging to the estate of Huguette Clark, the copper heiress who died last year at 104 years old.

Clark hadn’t lived in the massive Fifth Ave. apartment for decades, but kept her lavish doll collection in the home. It was listed for $24 million, but it is unclear what price the apartment went into contract for.

Mother-daughter Brown Harris Stevens brokers Mary Rutherfurd and Leslie Coleman shared the exclusive listing for the 14-room pre-war apartment on the 12th floor with views of Central Park. They also have the listings for Clark’s two other apartments in the building, one of Fifth Ave.’s top and most exclusive cooperatives on the southeast corner of 72nd St. All of Clark’s homes reportedly need work. One buyer who toured the home said that in the kitchen there were appliances from 1915.

According to Prudential Douglas Elliman agent David Lubell, an expert on pre-war apartments and very familiar with the building designed by architect J.E.R. Carpenter, the quick sale represents the strong value of classic New York City apartments.

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The estranged heiress died with a $400 million fortune. She bought the apartments with her mother in the 1920s. Only qualified buyers were given private showings of the apartments. No photographs have surfaced. The brokers simply showed shots of the park views. The home has a 37-foot gallery with 11 foot ceilings with original herringbone floors, a sign of wealth for the time.

Neither broker would comment on the sale. All statements regarding the home need to be approved by a New York County public administrator managing the estate.

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