The Hamptons - Sales and Rentals

Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale concluded this afternoon in New York with a total of $29,907,150. This brings the cumulative total for Sotheby’s November sales of Impressionist & Modern Art to a strong $229,711,650* – exceeding the May 2011 results by nearly $60 million.“We are pleased with the results of today’s sale, which [...]

High end Luxury real estate in the Hamptons is doing just fine, this according to a half dozen articles published in the past few days in national and regional press. I can confirm this thru our own research and records here at Sotheby’s. The 2011 south of the highway numbers from Southampton to East Hampton [...]

Foreigners’ Sweetener: Buy House, Get a Visa, .wsj. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203752604576641421449460968.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird

Having first open house today, the 17th,  at 6 Five Rod Highway, Wainscott south, new construction, unbeatable location, stop by from 11 to 1. Get more info here.  http://www.sothebyshomes.com/hamptons/sales/0045067  

My friend Joe Plumeri was this years Grand Marshall at the NYC Columbus Day Parade. Joe is one of the finest, most generous, passionate man i have ever met. Congrats Joe. http://www.columbuscitizensfd.org/announcements/joseph-j-plumeri-grand-marshal-of-the-67th-annual-nyc-columbus-day-parade

Life After Labor Day Once Just a Summer Getaway, Hamptons Are Booked for Fall, (WSJ) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203633104576623293311103806.html?KEYWORDS=bill+williams

Broadway critic Yvonne Korshak calls Joe Pintauro’s latest play Raft of the Medusa “an outstanding theater experience”. Pintauro, a long time Sag Harbor resident, has authored numerous books and plays, and his one man photography exhibition in Amagansett this past summer was very well received. Raft of the Medusa runs thru October 22nd at The Cherry Hill Theater in Greenwitch [...]

Only one more week away until our first open house  at 6 Five Rod Highway in Wainscott. Fixtures and floors done this week and next, sod  and driveway finished this week. http://www.sothebyshomes.com/hamptons/sales/0045067

This Saturday, Sunday, And Monday, from 12 to 2, please visit me in the Iconic Georgica Association and …… There are many special locations in the Hamptons, but perhaps none more coveted than the Georgica Association, a 100-acre private enclave on the West bank of the Georgica Pond.  A truly rare opportunity awaits the discriminating [...]

We all learned today that Halstead of New York City has bought East Hampton’s Devlin McNiff.  I think a very good move for both firms, especially since Stewart and Lynn Epstein will continue to be in charge in East Hampton. I started my real estate career at Devlin, and know Stewart to be an advertising genius, and Lynn extremly knowledgeable and [...]