California California Bing California Mansion sells for $ 25m below the original price required

The late American entertainment Bing Crosby’s French Estate Chateau was sold last week for $ 25m-15 million less than his required price.

Crosby, best known for his “White Christmas” holiday hit, bought the property in Hillsborough, California in the early 1960s, as a gift to his wife Kathryn. The widespread 5.38 hectare property south of San Francisco offered the star and his family of five people from Hollywood. Wealth remained in the family for six decades, but it remained only in the market for less than four months.

Despite the discounted sale, first reported by Global Mansion, the transaction ranks among the most precious sales of Silicon Valley Enclave.

The settlement, built in 1929, includes an impressive 14,000 square meters. Ornamental fires and wood intrigues line the interior, which include 11 bedrooms, an impressive library and a smoking room with a construction bar. Wealth also offers a special arm for staff housing.

The Crosby family undertook a broad home renovations, according to Golden Gate Sothebyâ Realty International.

Kathryn ordered the walls of the dining room by hand painted by a prominent San Francisco artist, and the couple installed ancient from the news baron collection and “Cititizen Kane William Randolph Hears.

Hearst was a close friend of Crosby’s, reported the Wall Street Journal and an ardent European ancient collector.

The exit also reported that the couple filled the property pool for the safety of their three young children.

Crosby lives in the luxury house until his death in 1977. His heirs preserved the property until the death of his second wife Kathryn in 2024, according to the diary, after which CRSBY children decided it was time to sell.

Compass Alex and Pierre Buljan agents told Global Mansion that the transaction, which closed on Thursday, places the house at five best sales of the most precious home in Hillsborough’s history. This wealth puts in the 47 hectare of Elon Musk, the former wealth sold for $ 30 million in 2021 and again for $ 35 million in 2022.

While the buyer is not yet identifiable in public data, Broth told Priza that they are a Hillsborough local who plans to maintain the character and history of the house.