
Though the listing states that this marks the first time the five-bedroom, seven-bath home has been on the market since it was originally constructed in 1942, shows it was sold in August 1981 for $2.6 million. That’s $3,258 per square foot, a good $2,200 above the median price per square foot for the area, per ! But the estate is nothing if not one-of-a-kind! in tony Lower Bel Air, the pad is being offered by Richard Klug of Sotheby’s International Realty for $19,800,000.

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