August 28, 2012

Colorado’s futuristic “Sleeper” house made Forbes list of America’s Ugliest Mansions

The house designed by architect Charles Deaton and made famous by Woody Allen’s 1973 film “Sleeper” has been listed as one of America’s ugliest in an article on Forbes.com which notes that “architectural beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but some mansions are just plain ugly.”

Officially named “Sculptured House,” the mansion boasts 7,700 square feet of living space, five bedrooms and baths, a top level master suite, a state-of-the-art kitchen, and an office with a wet bar and deck.

June 2, 2012
Saudi prince sells Aspen ranch for $49M
A Saudi prince and former ambassador to the United States has sold his luxury Aspen ranch for $49 million.
Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia, who was ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005, listed his 95-acre ranch and the 56,000-square-foot home in 2006 for $135 million, but he pulled it off the market 16 months later.

Saudi prince sells Aspen ranch for $49M

A Saudi prince and former ambassador to the United States has sold his luxury Aspen ranch for $49 million.

Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia, who was ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005, listed his 95-acre ranch and the 56,000-square-foot home in 2006 for $135 million, but he pulled it off the market 16 months later.

May 8, 2012

The Richthofen Castle, an iconic relic of Denver history, is under contract for sale.

If the deal closes, it will mark the end of 14 years of on-and-off-again efforts to sell the 35-room estate that was built by the uncle of Baron Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron flying ace of World War I.

Baron Walter von Richthofen, a Prussian immigrant turned Colorado mining baron, conceived the idea for the limestone castle in the 1870s and finished it in 1887.

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