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Wireless tycoon selling island off Canada for $75 million


Mobile phone magnate Craig McCaw is selling his 780-acre private island off the coast of Canada for $75 million, perhaps to pay of the $35 million car he just bought.
The co-founder of McCaw Cellular is the United States' 284th richest man, according to Forbes, with a total net worth of $1.6 billion.

He and wife Susan have owned the decadent retreat, known as James Island, for years but told The Wall Street Journal they no longer need it because their kids' weekend activities are keeping the family busy on the mainland.

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Rich: Seattle tech magnate Craig McCaw is selling James Island, pictured, for $75 million


A mile off the coast of Vancouver Island, the paradise has a private 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, sandy beaches, an air strip and a marina.



 
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The main residence is 5,000-square-feet and has four bedrooms, a converted warehouse as an entertainment centre, a gym and a pool house. There are also six guest cottages.

Son of broadcasting magnate John Elroy McCaw, McCaw started out selling cable services door-to-door for his dad's firm.


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Picturesque: The real estate listing boasts of white-sand beaches, grassy dunes and a diverse ecology


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Beaches: The island, pictured, boasts miles of sandy beaches, according to the real estate listing



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Homely: The main residence, pictured, has four bedrooms but the island has another six cottages for guests



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Secluded: At 780 acres, James Island, pictured, is the second-largest privately owned island in British Columbia



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Property: The private island has a 5,000-square-foot owner's residence, six guest cottages and a converted warehouse as an entertainment centre






He co-founded McCaw Cellular with his brothers and made his fortune when the company sold to AT&T in 1993 for $11.5 billion.
McCaw then invested in satellite network Nextel and later went on to set up high-speed wireless provider Clearwire.
The family's main residence is in Hunts Point, Washington.

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Busy: The McCaw's say they are selling the island, pictured, because they are too busy with their kids' activities



 
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Stunning: The paradise has a private, 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, pictured



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Party: The home has a warehouse as an entertainment centre and pool making it ideal for parties


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Lights: At night, the impressive main residence, pictured, lights up the private island



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Pricey: James Island, pictured, is being sold for $75 million








Aside from a penchant for island getways, the 62-year-old also loves throwing cash at luxury cars.

McCaw recently paid a world record $35 million for an apple-green 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO made for race driver Stirling Moss. It's one of 39 GTOs produced from 1962 to 1964.
In an email to The Wall Street Journal, McCaw said his family 'adores being on the island' but is selling because they 'have the perfect storm of kids' activities and no one wants to be left behind'.


 
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Private: The island, pictured, can only be reached by private plane or boat



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Accommodation: The island boasts six guest cottages, pictured



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Barn: It also has a barn, pictured



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Sand: The private island, pictured, would be an idyllic hide away with its sandy beaches


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Island: James Island, pictured, used to be a dynamite plant during WWII













James Island is the second-largest privately owned island in British Columbia.

It is being sold by Mark Lester of Sotheby's International Realty in Vancouver.
A former dynamite plant, the island used to have a population of 800 during World War II.

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Secluded: James Island is located a mile off the coast of Vancouver Island, between Vancouver and Seattle



 
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Selling: Craig McCaw and wife Susan, pictured here in 2006, are selling the island because their kids are keeping them busy on the mainland




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Costly: McCaw paid a world record $35 million for an apple-green 1962 Ferrari, pictured



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Classic: The classic car was built for race car driver Stirling Moss






It was taken over and partly converted into a resort in the 1980's before McCaw bought it in 1994 and made it a private family retreat.

The real estate listing boasts that the island has 'miles of white sand beaches, grassy dunes, a diverse ecology and flexibility with respect to infrastructure and building'.
It adds that the spectacular island is 'easily accessible by private plane or boat'. So those without, need not apply.
THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CAR


Classic car collector, Craig McCaw, snapped up race driver Sir Stirling Moss' former Ferrari for a record $35 million last month - making it the world's most expensive car.
McCaw bought the car from Dutch-born businessman Eric Heerema, owner of the Nyetimber vineyard in Sussex, southern England, according to Bloomberg.
John Collins, of UK-based specialist Ferrari dealer Talacrest, said he has sold the apple-green 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO twice before, and that it's value had sky-rocketed.

'In the mid-90s it was in my showroom for three months before I sold it for £4 million ($6.18 million),' Collins said of the vehicle, which was first built for the legend race driver.

The 250 GTO is regarded by collectors as the most desirable of all classic Ferraris, taking first place on Motor Trend Classic magazine's 2010 list of the 'Greatest Ferraris of all time'.
The model was created in 1962 to compete at the Le Mans 24- Hour and other Grand-Touring car races.
McCaw's new purchase was made by the Ferrari factory in 1962 for the UK racer Moss and the driver's name is scrawled on the back of the right-hand driver’s seat.
The car was painted in the pale-green of Moss’ UDT- Laystall race team.

Unfortunately, Moss never got to race the car. On April 23, 1962, he suffered a career-ending crash at the Goodwood circuit in Sussex, England before taking the wheel of his new Ferrari.

The car was raced by fellow UK driver Innes Ireland at the 1962 Le Mans, where it retired.

Before May's sale, the record for the world's most expensive car had been held by a 1936 Type 57SC Bugatti Atlantic. It was bought by the California-based collector Peter Mullin in 2010 for between $30 million and $34 million.

In January, a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO numbered 5095 was sold by UK-based businessman Jon Hunt for about $32 million, according to Bloomberg.
Collins said classic Ferraris were now extremely valuable investments.
'I’ve never seen anything like it. (The market) has gone crazy,' he said. 'If someone wanted to sell their 250 GTO, I could find a buyer in 30 seconds.'
The strongest market at the moment is for Ferraris built in the 1950s and 1960s - with the 250 GTO the car investors are clamouring to buy. Just 39 Ferrari 250 GTOs were made between 1962 and 1964 with Enzo Ferrari selling them for $9,300.

Over the past eight weeks, three Ferrari 250 GTOs totalling just under $90 million have sold as well as two Ferrari 250 California Spyders and a short wheelbase 250 Berlinetta.




 

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i was going to buy it, but then saw id have to also by a boat to get to it, and that was a deal breaker for me
 
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This place has VIEJO DINOSAUR's Name all over it.

Just a few games of backgammon with Mickey and it could be His.

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Some people just have to much money. Any one can only imagine what this property cost to maintain yearly with the landing strip and golf course.
 

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