19 East 64th Street
The Wildenstein & Company Building is an edifice that stands at 19 East 64th Street, near
Its facade is made of limestone.The Wildenstein art firm was located in the former Vanderbilt house at 647 Fifth Avenue, between 51st and 52nd Streets, for several years prior to the structure's completion.[1] The Charles F. Noyes Company arranged a five-year extension of a $545,000 mortgage at 5% in June 1932.[3]
In October 1993, Wildenstein & Company purchased 49% of the
In 1997 the house had up to 11 members of the Wildenstein family living in it at any one time, leading art dealer Harry Brooks to humorously call the house the "most expensive tenement in Manhattan".[6] The
In April 2017 it became the most expensive townhouse ever sold in Manhattan when it sold for $79.5 million.[7] The building sold again in February 2018, for $90 million.[8] As of April 2019, it was the home of Skarstedt Gallery.[9] Since 2023 it has been the home of Lévy Gorvy Dayan. [10]
References
- ^ New York Times. March 6, 1932. p. RE2.
- ^ "Seth Low House Sold to Bankers". New York Times. February 28, 1932. p. N17. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
- ^ "Realty Financing". New York Times. June 3, 1932. p. 38.
- ^ "Two Top Manhattan Galleries Merge". New York Times. October 29, 1993. p. C25.
- ^ Vogel, Carol (April 1, 2010). "Powerhouse Gallery Is Splitting Apart". The New York Times. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ISSN 0028-7369.
- ^ a b "Wildenstein mansion sets new NYC townhouse record with $79.5M sale". The Real Deal. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ Keil, Jennifer Gould (February 14, 2018). "NYC's most expensive townhouse sets new record". NY Post.
- ^ "Skarstedt Gallery".
- ^ "LGDR Announces New Headquarters in New York". LGDR. July 14, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.