How about Curt Gowdy at 85 now with a house on the market for $27 million. They brought this up on PTI tonite.
Bought it for $1.7 and spent money in Palm Beach in 1988. 15 times back for a guy who hasn't worked in 20 years. Good for Curt. Proves once again that Real Estate is the best investment.
Sports announcer Curt Gowdy puts Palm Beach mansion up for sale
By DANIELLE REED & TROY MCMULLEN
The Wall Street Journal
Posted July 15 2005, 11:04 AM EDT
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[font=Verdana,Arial, Helvetica]Sports announcer Curt Gowdy -- longtime voice of the Boston Red Sox -- has listed his mansion in Palm Beach for $27 million.
That's way up from his purchase price of $1.7 million in 1988, according to local tax records, after which he did major renovations including installing new plumbing and electric, adding a professional-grade kitchen and dock and landscaping the grounds. The 12,600-square-foot Spanish Mediterranean-style lakeside residence was designed by well-known Palm Beach architect John Volk in 1930. It was built for Edward B. Adams, a senior partner with E.F. Hutton & Co., and subsequently owned by the Marquis Jorge de Cuevas, a Chilean ballet impresario, and his wife, a granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller.
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Gowdy, 85, was also host of ABC's ``The American Sportsman'' and a play-by-play football announcer.
Now, he and his wife, Jerre, plan to spend more time in Boston with their children and grandchildren.
The six-bedroom, 5-1/2-bath main house has stone, marble and oak floors, 11-foot ceilings and large terraces. There are separate staff quarters in the main house and a 50-foot swimming pool on the grounds. Carol Digges of Brown Harris Stevens has the listing. [/font]
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Bought it for $1.7 and spent money in Palm Beach in 1988. 15 times back for a guy who hasn't worked in 20 years. Good for Curt. Proves once again that Real Estate is the best investment.
Sports announcer Curt Gowdy puts Palm Beach mansion up for sale
By DANIELLE REED & TROY MCMULLEN
The Wall Street Journal
Posted July 15 2005, 11:04 AM EDT
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[font=Verdana,Arial, Helvetica]Sports announcer Curt Gowdy -- longtime voice of the Boston Red Sox -- has listed his mansion in Palm Beach for $27 million.
That's way up from his purchase price of $1.7 million in 1988, according to local tax records, after which he did major renovations including installing new plumbing and electric, adding a professional-grade kitchen and dock and landscaping the grounds. The 12,600-square-foot Spanish Mediterranean-style lakeside residence was designed by well-known Palm Beach architect John Volk in 1930. It was built for Edward B. Adams, a senior partner with E.F. Hutton & Co., and subsequently owned by the Marquis Jorge de Cuevas, a Chilean ballet impresario, and his wife, a granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller.
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Gowdy, 85, was also host of ABC's ``The American Sportsman'' and a play-by-play football announcer.
Now, he and his wife, Jerre, plan to spend more time in Boston with their children and grandchildren.
The six-bedroom, 5-1/2-bath main house has stone, marble and oak floors, 11-foot ceilings and large terraces. There are separate staff quarters in the main house and a 50-foot swimming pool on the grounds. Carol Digges of Brown Harris Stevens has the listing. [/font]
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