Huguette Clark is one of the strangest millionaire heiresses in history and one of the richest women in America, although her name doesn’t grace the pages of Forbes or Fortune.  Now 104 years old, property records show Clark owns massive estates in Connecticut, California, and on New York’s Fifth Avenue.  As per the story on [...]

One of my favorite mansions in the world, the Duke Semans mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York City, was just sold for $44 million.  The classic beaux arts style mansion was acquired by Carlos Slim, who is ranked the richest man in the world after building a telecommunications empire in Mexico.  The seller is [...]