Joan Rivers Lists Longtime Penthouse
• Joan Rivers has put her duplex penthouse at 1 East 62nd Street up for sale. The 5,190-square-foot aerie, which comes with "original architectural detail painstakingly restored by museum-trained artisans" and an outdoor garden, is on the market for $25 million. [NYT, Sotheby's]
• Calypso founder Christiane Celle and her husband, Antoine Verglas, have lowered the price of their Lafayette Street penthouse. The apartment, which went on the market for $13.99 million in January and was reduced to $11.99 million in March, is now listed for $10.65 million. [Cityfile, CBHK]
• Chrysler president James Press has put his East 64th Street townhouse up for sale. Press bought the home last year for $13.5 million. He's now looking to sell it for $15.7 million, or rent it for $35,000 per month. [NYO, Halstead]
• Joan Raines has gone into contract to sell her townhouse at 5 East 78th Street, which went on the market for $21 million in March but dropped to $18.5 million a month later. The seven-bedroom home, known as Barclay Mansion, is expected to sell for "significantly below the final asking price." [NYT, BHS]
• Cardboard mogul Dennis Mehiel and his wife Karen have re-listed their 10,350-square-foot duplex at the Carhart Mansion at 3 East 95th Street, which they put up for sale for $35 million last August and took off the market in October. It is now listed for $34.9 million with Brian Manning of Brown Harris Stevens. [Real Deal]
• Real estate heiress Denise LeFrak sold a two-bedroom condo at 255 East 74th Street to attorney Daniel Brockett for $2.14 million. [Real Deal]