John Steinbeck’s Sag Harbor haven listed at $16.75M

Exterior of John Steinbeck’s Sag Harbor home, where he wrote ‘Travels with Charley.’ Photo credit: Richard Taverna for Sotheby’s International Realty
Exterior of John Steinbeck’s Sag Harbor home, where he wrote ‘Travels with Charley.’ Photo credit: Richard Taverna for Sotheby’s International Realty. Courtesy of TopTenRealEstateDeals.com

SAG HARBOR, N.Y. – For the first time in 60 years, the Sag Harbor oceanfront cottage and octagonal writing retreat where John Steinbeck wrote The Winter of Our Discontent and Travels With Charley are for sale, priced at $16.75 million. It was Steinbeck’s self-described “Eden,” his home from 1955 until he died in 1968.

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Crescent City to host superlative Estates Auction, Sept. 18-19

American rococo carved mahogany four-poster bed, est. $800-$1,200
American rococo carved mahogany four-poster bed, est. $800-$1,200

NEW ORLEANS – Crescent City Auction Gallery will greet the busy fall season with a two-day Important September Estates Auction on  September 18 and 19, starting at 10 am Central time both days. More than 800 lots, pulled from prominent estates and collections, will be offered. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Carlo Bugatti furniture: Nothing succeeds like excess

A circa-1902 Carlo Bugatti piece described as a “rare chair” sold for $16,000 plus the buyer’s premium in June 2020 at Wright. Image courtesy of Wright and LiveAuctioneers.
A circa-1902 Carlo Bugatti piece described as a “rare chair” sold for $16,000 plus the buyer’s premium in June 2020 at Wright. Image courtesy of Wright and LiveAuctioneers.

NEW YORK — Carlo Bugatti’s furniture shouldn’t work. The Italian artist-designer, who made his mark in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, created pieces that qualify as “fantastic” in both senses of the word — incredibly beautiful, and seemingly transported from a realm ruled by fantasy.

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