A year after putting it on the market, the widow of a famed art dealer appears poised to unload her oceanfront home in Southampton.
An anonymous buyer is in contract to purchase the Hamptons estate at 140 Murray Place, which was most recently listed for $41.9 million, Behind the Hedges reported. The purchase price won’t be certain until the sale closes; if the listing price matches the purchase price, the deal works out to just over $5,200 per square foot.
A company tied to Susan Lloyd, the widow of Vienna-born art dealer Frank Lloyd, listed the property last July for $45 million. The company behind the listing purchased the property in 1997 for $6.5 million.
The estate spans more than two and a half acres, banking the ocean. The 8,000-square-foot, six-bedroom house was built in the contemporary style in 1992.
One of the property’s main calling cards is the 190 feet of Atlantic Ocean frontage along the beach, as well as a private boardwalk to provide the path to the beach. The grounds also include a heated pool and a clay tennis court.
Bespoke Real Estate had the listing.
Frank Lloyd was the co-founder of Marlborough Galleries, but became infamous for his involvement in the Rothko art scandal, which included being convicted of tampering with evidence. Frank died a year after he and his wife purchased the Hamptons property.
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