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This UWS duplex comes with 2,500 books!

post #1 of 50
1/15/11 at 10:47pm
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Which SFer will be purchasing it?

http://www.sothebyshomes.com/nyc/sales/0016682#






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post #2 of 50
1/15/11 at 10:50pm
I'll buy it in 10 years. Does it come with the furniture?
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post #3 of 50
1/15/11 at 10:51pm
the wine cabinet is kinda douchey in my opinion.
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post #4 of 50
1/16/11 at 1:57am
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Originally Posted by texas_jack View Post
the wine cabinet is kinda douchey in my opinion.

Too pretentious? Either way I think it looks like a really cool place.
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post #5 of 50
1/16/11 at 2:00am
Made me think of this: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/garden/06books.html
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post #6 of 50
1/16/11 at 2:06am
This apartment has been for sale FOREVER. First listed for $7.9 last January.
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post #7 of 50
1/16/11 at 2:16am
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That is completely douchey. Having thousands of books just for aesthetics, many aren't even real books or are just generic repeats! That's one of the most classless things I could think of.
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post #8 of 50
1/16/11 at 3:28am
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That is completely douchey. Having thousands of books just for aesthetics, many aren't even real books or are just generic repeats! That's one of the most classless things I could think of.
Agreed. That is for only the most vapid nouveau riche. I thought this image looked terrible also: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...6-BOOKS-3.html Here's an idea... get the books you like bound with your own covers. Those silver jackets look like something a high school student made.
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post #9 of 50
1/16/11 at 5:08am
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Originally Posted by Connemara View Post
Which SFer will be purchasing it?

http://www.sothebyshomes.com/nyc/sales/0016682#






The price here isn't terrible but they need to remove another $1-1.4MM They can take their books. I want a library of my own choosing.
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post #10 of 50
1/16/11 at 3:26pm
Really, the bar is nowhere near big enough for me. There is a line in the Great Gatsby where a visitor to Gatsby's library was astounded to see that his books were all real. Knowledge, class, and youth will always try to be faked. ~ H
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post #11 of 50
1/16/11 at 3:40pm
http://www.sothebyshomes.com/socal/sales/0113311 That one blew my mind.
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post #12 of 50
1/16/11 at 3:45pm
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Originally Posted by BrianVarick View Post
Incredible house. Mid-late last year the price was $35MM. I suppose Westside Estate Agency is splitting the listing with Sotheby's now because WEA still has it listed on their site. Here's the sales website for the house: http://www.montecitopavilion.com/
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post #13 of 50
1/16/11 at 4:59pm
It looks like their designer took his inspiration from Country Home magazine.
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post #14 of 50
1/16/11 at 5:13pm
In NYC, I think those book shelves display "I'm so rich I can waste space on storing a zillion books". It does not convey knowledge or frugality. But the whole place isn't frugal, obviously.

City life requires paring down on the number of books one stores.
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post #15 of 50
1/16/11 at 6:07pm
I don't see the appeal. Books are for reading.
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