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U.K. Heiress Buys America's Most Expensive Mansion




This 57,000-square foot Los Angeles home, listed at $150 million, was sold to a 22-year-old U.K. heiress.

The long-running drama over the sale of the highest-priced home in the U.S. appears to be heading to its finale.

The 57,000-square foot Los Angeles mansion built by the late TV producer Aaron Spelling is slated for sale to a 22-year-old heiress to a Formula One racing fortune. The home on five acres of property in Holmby Hills has a bowling alley, beauty salon, several gift-wrapping rooms and parking for 100 cars.

"The Manor," as the property is known, had a list price of $150 million that didn't budge during the real-estate downturn that sent prices in Los Angeles down by more than a third. The sales price was not disclosed.


The buyer, Petra Ecclestone, will be splitting her time between London and Los Angeles after her planned August wedding to entrepreneur James Stunt, according to a spokeswoman. Ms. Ecclestone's father is the British billionaire and Formula One racing boss Bernie Ecclestone.




The seller, Candy Spelling, Mr. Spelling's widow, declined to comment. Mr. Spelling produced such TV shows as "Mod Squad," "Charlie's Angels," "Dynasty," "Starsky and Hutch," "Beverly Hills, 90210," and "Melrose Place."

Ms. Spelling and her husband bought the property in the early 1980s and tore down the existing house to build the French chateau-style home in 1991. The home has a double staircase inspired by "Gone With the Wind." It was considered the largest home in Los Angeles by far when it was built.

There's also a flower-cutting room, a china room, a "Prince Charles suite," named after its one-time royal guest, and a library in which Ms. Spelling bound her husband's scripts. The estate has been shown since 2008 and was officially listed in March 2009.

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[gurumagoo]

It's really sad. It should be a shame and a reproach for a human being to indulge their vanity in such a way. The old virtues of humility, frugality, and temperance seem to have gone completly out of style. The people we honor the most are those who epitomize indifference and selfishness.

[nikos576]

@shezjackson to me just more cleaning time...

[MissZindzi]

I hate when I see whiny comments about stuff like that. Some people actually work for this stuff. Who's to say that people who live in places like this don't give to charity or do good things for people? What are YOU doing to help others every day? Let the people enjoy their wealth, if it was gained honestly.

[GenieXwasXhere]

Did she come with the house

[scizat]

Where is her arm? hahaha

[rrmjvand]

The owners are rarely happy because they are not content. Content comes only in a relationship with our Creator. Read Daniel 9:24-27 and research that prophecy. It will knock your flip flops off!

[horsejumperluv]

huuuuu in my dreams

[4StupidRackz9]

I think all mansions are a work of beauty and art the craftmanship alone is amazing and incredible!!!!wow!!!

[4StupidRackz9]

itis beautiful

[AppalachianKnight77]

@gurumagoo yeah, buying such a home "should" provoke some adverse feelings (religious or not) considering you could feed and clothe a small poor country for a year or longer!

[bradsta88]

@nikos576 yeah but if you had a house like this you'd have 50 employees cleaning it daily