The house owned by Holly Golightly is now for sale in America. The building, which is famous for its ââ¬Åwild cocktail partiesââ¬Â has an asking price of $5.85 million, a figure boosted by its starring role in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffanyââ¬â¢s ââ¬â indeed, as a house widely known for its fictional former owner, there arenââ¬â¢t many celebrity homes for sale like this.
Golightly, played by celeb Audrey Hepburn, became adored worldwide by movie fans for her little black dress and large sunglasses. Now, as Hepburnââ¬â¢s career-defining celebrates its 50th anniversary, the house she owned has hit the market.
Famous former owners
The four-storey property ââ¬Åno longer has the green and white striped window awnings it wore in the movieââ¬Â, reports the New York Times. However, the house has other famous former owners for non-film fans to recognise.
Mr. Bacanovic purchased the property in 2000 for a cool sum of $1.88 million. The Merrill Lynch broker has lived there since, but left the property for five months when sent to prison for his involvement in Martha Stewartââ¬â¢s insider trading. Now, he wants to move to somewhere different, his agent told the magazine.
The house is currently converted into two separate duplex flats, with Bacanovic occupying the upper flat. His apartment contains two en-suite bedrooms and several fireplaces, while the downstairs property also includes the sizeable garden.
Bacanovicââ¬â¢s agent assures the NY Times that the property can be quickly converted back to a single home for a family, and that the tenant living in the downstairs apartment will vacate the property as soon as a buyer is found.
A starring role?
Some debate surrounds the homeââ¬â¢s exact role in the movie Breakfast at Tiffanyââ¬â¢s. Some say that the house was replaced by a set for the interior scenes, while Bacanovic claims that some scenes were shot in the house and that the cameras filmed through the windows from outside.
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