Bernard Madoff's Penthouse Now On Sale For $7.5 Million
If you've ever wanted to live like the King of Ponzi Schemes, now's your chance. Bernard Madoff's penthouse at 133 East 64th Street in New York is on the market, and can be yours for a mere $7.5 million. The U.S. Marshal Service, which is liquidating Madoff's assets, gave a guided tour, and The New York Post captured it on video. Inside, a shoe closet to make Imelda Marcos jealous, Ruth and Bernie's separate bedrooms, the shelves that once held monogrammed "BLM" shirts, and Deputy Marshal Roland Ubaldo doing his best Chad Rogers impression.
Inside Bernie's $7M lair [New York Post]
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Als dd tht myslf. T my knwldg hv nvr brkn th cmmnts cd.
@supertechman disemvowels himself: Ew, yeah. Granted, the furnishings aren't my taste, but I think they're just ugly in general.
Let's use the 7.5 mil to buy the biggest golden poop award ever and set it in Bernie's cell with him.
The design is that old style taste grandma used to love (yuk!). However, Ruthie Madoff's office is nice and the Jet Black marble bathroom is niiiiiiiiiiice.
P.S. I don't want my US marshal practicing for the real estate exam. WTF! Breakfast nook, cedar wood sheves, sub zero fridge, ...your eyes are drawn to...I know they have to inventory these things but he's almost got me sold on the place.
LMAO @ 3:44. Chuckles at US marshal doing NOTHING.
@Esquire99: And that I find ridiculous. But hey, when others are footing the bill what's the difference?
Here's Joan Rivers penthouse for sale for $25 million. How can a comedian have better than Bernie?
I say buy it, then rip up the floorboards. Bernie always said there was money in the Penthouse!
Seriously, that's Charlie Sheen money, not Gordon Gekko money. For a guy who made (okay, stole) billions, in a city where real estate prices haven't come down that much from the top of the bubble, $7.5 mil seems like a pittance. Maybe he did put most of the money back into the Ponzi pile rather than taking it for himself. (Not that that would be any comfort to his victims.)
@TedSez:
He (or more importantly, his wife) may have simply been happy in the building, with the apartment and the neighborhood. Perhaps they were just attached to the apartment (sentimentally). But you're right, it's certain not a "palace" in Manhattan terms.
What they don't tell you is that it is a first floor penthouse. Are the furnishings included? Who pays the closing costs?
How about his place in Palm Beach? That I'd like to buy...
I'm trying to imagine what it looked like before the confusion and mess (and, naturally, the dashing U.S. Marshal). So much bland, boring taupe; so many browns and beiges; so many dingy applances (and expensive ones too!). It looks like they didn't spend any money on upkeep.
That doofus custom closet will be the first thing to go, too. Inconvenient, inconvertible, and cramped. And a strange idea anyway: freshly ironed shirts should be stored on hangers, not folded away.
@mrbenning: No, it's not a REAL disemvoweling - hence his name "supertechman-protests disemvoweling by disemvoweling himself"
When they actually disemvowel people, a little "A" icon appears in the comment also which explains what disemvoweling is when you click on it.
Damn! Video won't play for me at work! I wonder how the feds will use the money...
@H3ion: I don't know what a "first floor penthouse" is, other than an oxymoron. Around 1:20 you can clearly see the roofs of other buildings, indicating that this is not on the "first floor".
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Tell me his place will be sold as a time share.
Eh, I expected more. Seems cramped and dark. Not much clearance in those hallways either.