The Met Sells Pair Of UES Townhouses For Eye-Popping Price

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The top luxury real estate sale in Manhattan this week was a pair of Upper East Side townhouses owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art that sold for more than $28,000,000, according to Olshan Realty’s weekly luxury market report.

The adjacent five-story Gilded-Age era homes, at 6 and 8 East 82nd St., are being purchased by a private buyer whose identity and final offer have not yet been disclosed.

According to the Olshan report, the two townhouses — which were on the market for just 16 days — will be turned into one double-wide residence. Olshan reported that the townhouses went for more than the asking price after a bidding war.

The Met's townhouses were not the only luxury houses on the Upper East Side that went for top dollar in the past week. Between Oct. 6 and Oct. 12, nine residences on the Upper East Side went for more than $4,000,000.

See them all below.

6-8 East 82nd Street

• Address: 6-8 East 82nd Street
• Type: Townhouses
• Price: more than $28,000,000
• Size: 12,600 square feet interior

181 East 90th Street

• Address: 181 East 90th Street, PH32A
• Type: Condo
• Price: $8,250,000
• Bedrooms: 4
• Bathrooms: 4.5
• Size: 3,553 square feet

126 East 86th Street

• Address: 126 East 86th Street, 17A
• Type: Condo
• Price: $6,750,000
• Bedrooms: 4
• Bathrooms: 3.5
• Size: 2,863 square feet

40 East 66th Street

• Address: 40 East 66th Street, 4B
• Type: Pre-war condo
• Price: $6,500,000
• Bedrooms: 3
• Bathrooms: 4
• Size: 2,455 square feet

136 East 79th Street

• Address: 136 East 79th Street, 11A
• Type: Pre-war co-op
• Price: $5,475,000
• Bedrooms: 3
• Bathrooms: 3.5

1088 Park Avenue

• Address: 1088 Park Avenue, 5D
• Type: Pre-war co-op
• Price: $5,000,000
• Bedrooms: 4
• Bathrooms: 4

1155 Park Avenue

• Address: 1144 Park Avenue, 10NE
• Type: Pre-war co-op
• Price: $4,650,000
• Bedrooms: 3
• Bathrooms: 2

765 Park Avenue

• Address: 765 Park Avenue, 14A1
• Type: Pre-war Co-op
• Price: $4,250,000
• Bedrooms: 2
• Bathrooms: 3

956 Fifth Avenue

• Address: 956 Fifth Avenue, 3A
• Type: Pre-war Co-op
• Price: $4,195,000
• Bedrooms: 3
• Bathrooms: 2.5

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