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Sold for $12M at auction to "a buyer from Chicago".

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/12/robert-taylor-ranch-sells-12-million.html

Sold for $9.25M in June 2012. The buyer is hedge fund manager Peter Richards of Empire Capital.

http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/empire-capital-partners

It is 100% true. His name is on the property records.

Sold to Glee creator Ryan Murphy for $10M in 2010.

Sold for $16.5M in 2005. http://losangeles.blockshopper.com/property/4362021009/212_copa_de_oro/

Actually, Stacy Keach sold the house in 2004 to his brother James Keach and sister-in-law Jane Saymour. Then they sold it for $10.5M in October 2007 to Craig Pica, the founder, President, and CEO of Provident Mortgage Capital.

http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=PMCA.K&officerId=1626219

Now owned by Ryan Seacrest. The house is still standing and reportedly used as a guard/guest/staff house.

The new owner appears to be Amir Mossanen, a SVP at Wells Fargo.

Currently owned by real estate developer Steven J. Fogel.

My mistake, the Rudyaks quietly sold the house in 2008 for $18.5M.

The buyer is a wealthy Indonesian.

House was sold in 2011 for $16.6M. The new owner is Joseph Dwek, former owner of a London-based property group. http://josephdwek.crazybillionaire.org/josephdwek.php

Sold in May 2009 to Maroon5 keyboardist Jesse Carmichael for $1.9M.

http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2012/11/kd-lang-keeps-it-real-with-coupla-condos.html

Sold in 2009 for $2.2M to Saudi Prince Mohammed F. Al Saud.

Gettleson is the manager of the blind trust that owns the property. The actual owner appears to be the Tsubaki family, who own several LA apartment complexes.

Sold for $8.3M to Dr. Doug and Molly Barnes. Dr. Barnes is an Dallas-based optometrist who has a nationwide chain of eyewear stores. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyemart_Express

Dubin's wife Brenda Ellerin is also an exectutive at the Capital Group companies.

The couple tore down Irani's house and are built a new 'green' mansion. Here's a cool article about how they recycled all the old scrap materials.

http://www.mnn.com/your-home/remodeling-design/blogs/deconstruction-hills-90210

The new owners are Swedish hotelier Jenny Ljungberg and her Paramount Pictures exec husband Jonathan Baker. They intend to gut the house and rebuild it.

http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-hotprop-20121118,0,3452839.story

The new owner appears to be Michael A. Price, co-founder of LA hedge fund Empyrean Capital.

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=27545555&privcapId=10518038&previousCapId=10518038&previousTitle=Empyrean%20Capital%20Partners,%20LP

Hedge fund honcho Mark Spitznagel is the new owner.

This house was built in the early 1990s by billionaire Mexican TV tycoon Emilio Azcarraga Milmo. He died in 1997 and the house is now apparently owned by his billionaire son Emilio Azcarraga Jean.

This is also the site of the famed "Sunset Plaza Apartments", where many Hollywood stars lived in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Azcarraga Milmo bought the apartment complex in 1987 and tore it down to build this house.

Sold in October 2012 for $11.25M. Buyer is Nick Kaiser, co-founder of private investment firm Marlin Equity.

http://www.marlinequity.com/tm_nick_kaiser.html

Rothbart bought the house for $10.51M in 2007

Current owner is Ted Foxman, founder of Eagle Test Systems. He has it up for sale at $16.5M.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/28/business/la-fi-hotprop-ted-foxman-20110928

The new owner is Charles Chanaratsopon, owner of nationwide boutique Charming Charlie.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-02-17/a-former-bank-analysts-thing-for-bling

Sold for $14.9M in 2011.

Mohamed Hadid bought this house in 2007, then demolished it and built a new 48K sq. ft. mansion.

Sold for $8.885M in November 2012. The buyer is radiologist Robert Der-Yang Tien.
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Pasadena/295-N-San-Rafael-Ave-91105/home/7183975

Larry Ellison purchased this house in November 2012.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hotprop-larry-ellison-20121126,0,3077984.story

The current owner is real estate developer Wayne Kao.

Now owned by son Michael. G. Herman.

Sold for $13.8M in 2011

The new owner is top talent agent Kirk Sommer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Sommer

The new owner is billionaire Saudi businessman Saleh Abdullah Kamel, one of the richest Arabs in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleh_Abdullah_Kamel

This house has been owned for many years by legendary record exec Berry Gordy, founder of the Motown record label.

The house has been razed and a new compound is now being built.

btw, Alagem sold this house way back in 2001 to Gary Winnick. Winnick then sold it a year later to billionaire Alec Gores who still owns it to this day.

http://losangeles.blockshopper.com/property/4458007015/23864_malibu_cove_colony/

Andreesen only owned this house from 2000 to 2003. He sold the house for $22.66M to billionaire Tom Gores.
http://losangeles.blockshopper.com/property/4458007017/23910_malibu_cove_colony/

Currently owned by Dr. Allen N. Levy

Sold for $18.5M in 2010 to Patrick Soon-Shiong, a surgeon who is the richest person in Los Angeles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Soon-Shiong

Sold for $10M in 2010 to race car driver & entrepreneur Juan Barazi.

Sold for $2.3M in October 2012: http://www.redfin.com/CA/Pasadena/855-Rosalind-Rd-91108/home/7012506

Sold for $4.3M in 2012 to venture capitalist Rob Rosen, founder and managing director of Kodiak Financial Group.

http://www.altassets.net/private-equity-news/by-news-type/deal-news/safety-first-for-kodiak-as-it-inks-investment-in-sport-tech-company-x2impact.html

Sold for $5.3M in 2011 to real estate developer Jack Lau.

This home was purchased in 2006 for $22.75M by philanthropist Wallis Annenberg. She also owns the home directly across the street.

http://www.constructioninsider.net/pdfs/California%20PLATINUM%20-%20LA%20County.pdf
^ According to construction permits, the owner is brigadier general Naef bin Ahmed

Aniston & Pitt sold the home in 2006 for $22.5M to hedge fund owner Jon Brooks and his wife Shanna.

Burroughs sold the home in October 2012 for $4.49M to Eric Esrailian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Esrailian

Shaun Shenassa also never owned this house. His name was only used as the trustee for Dennis Quaid's trust. Quaid was the actual owner (until he sold it in 2011).

Sold for $12M in October 2012 to neurosurgeon Sasan Yadegar.

The bank sold it for $10.5M in late 2010. The buyer is Jason Grosfeld of Irongate Capital Partners.

Sold for $5.45M to retired ice hockey star Alex Mogilny.

The new owner is Allen Edward Shay, former CEO of State Department-affiliated PAE Group. Lockheed bought the company in 2006 for approximately $700 million.

btw, this property was never owned by the Coors family, it was actually built and sold by nutritionist Bill Phillips.

Sold for $23.5M in 2007 to Dallas-based interior designer/consultant Renvy Pittman.

Sold for $6.9M to Chris Grant, CEO of production studio Electus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electus

Currently owned by an investment group. They have it available for rent or sale:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443404004577577372374305782.html#%2F8

Bradley Bell (next door neighbor) bought the house for $19.5M in 2004. He then demolished it to add to the grounds of his estate.

No, the house is still owned by Bradley Bell. He has owned it since he bought the home from Rod Stewart in 1992. He just hosted a fundraiser for Obama there this year.

Sold for $18 million in 2010 to billionaire Gary Magness. http://www.forbes.com/profile/gary-magness/

Sold for $19.5M to Daniel G. Cohen in 2005: http://www.forbes.com/profile/daniel-cohen-2/

Sale price was $28M. Buyer was Mark Attanasio, owner of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Currently owned by Sandy Krause (heiress to the Pep Boys fortune)

Sold to Lili Zanuck: http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2012/11/sharon-stone-sells-bev-hills-albatross.html

Pharmacist Thomas Diamantidis owns this home now.

Purchase price was $10.95M.

Producer/Director Joseph Merhi lives here now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merhi

Sold in 2010 for $16.5M to some wealthy Saudis.

Sold for $2.9M. http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/01/business/la-fi-hotprop-angelo-mozilo-20120501

Buyer is Brad L. Armstrong - http://www.t2c.com/about_us/Brad_Armstrong.htm

This house was sold at a foreclosure auction in 2011. The buyer was Fred Nason, CEO of a packaging company.
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2672-Ladbrook-Way-Thousand-Oaks-CA-91361/16490876_zpid/

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/11/business/la-fi-dykstra-mansion-20101211

^ Sold at a foreclosure auction in late 2010.

Currently owned by top Beverly Hills real estate agent Michael Eisenberg. http://www.michaeleisenberg.com/blank.cfm

Currently owned by top real estate agent Mike Eisenberg. http://www.michaeleisenberg.com/blank.cfm

Currently owned by celebrity attorney Dennis Roach. He represents the Kardashians and Shaquille O'Neal, among others.

He didn't sell this house, it was another house nearby he sold. He still owns this one.
http://losangeles.blockshopper.com/property/4348017026/1210_benedict_canyon

The new owner is Russian telecommunications mogul Albert Avdolyan.

The new owner is philanthropist Erika Glazer, daughter of shopping mall magnate Guillford Glazer.

This house has been owned by Emerson Glazer (son of Guilford Glazer) for the last 20 or so years. The park-like area to the south of the house with the gazebo and sandtrap also appears to be park of the estate.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/26/michael-jackson-death-house-sold-investment-banker/

The buyer is Steven Mayer ... paid "somewhere between $17 and $20 million".

Billionaire Ming Hsieh paid $23 million for the house in late 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Hsieh

Sold for $9.5 million in 2011 and sold again in Sep 2012 for $11.2 million.

Sold for $7.3M in Jan 2012. The buyer is Rajeev Tandon, Chairman & CEO of Xavient Information Systems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavient

http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/23/warren-beatty-annette-bening-beverly-hills-mansion-sold/

A Swedish hotel magnate paid $6.7 million

Sold to hedge fund manager Jeff Feinberg for $13 million in 2010.

http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2012/10/23/real-housewives-cast-members-home-sells-for-almost-20-million/

Sold for just under $20 million.

Sold for $980K in 2010 to Alexandra Don, Crystal Cruises' VP of hotel design and services.

Sold to litigator Stuart Liner for $10 million
http://abovethelaw.com/2012/04/lawyerly-lairs-litigator-laps-up-malibu-mansionfor-a-cool-10-million/

It's currently the largest private home in Montana.
http://www.hurwitzjamesco.com/property.php?lng=en&id=103

The Entenza House is on the same property and currently used as the guest house. Attorney Gary Stiffelman bought the house for $10M in 2010.

Currently owned by lawyer Gary Stiffelman

The new owner is billionaire Donald Bren.

Sold for $9 million in 2011: http://losangeles.blockshopper.com/property/4358003003/440_parkwood

Now owned by ex-wife Susan Harbert. Reese Witherspoon was reportedly in escrow to purchase the property but later cancelled.

http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2012/10/your-mama-hears_15.html

Sold for $17 million in August 2012: http://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/1401-Oriole-Dr-90069/home/7121193

Sold for $8.75M in 2011 to Anthony Graham and Dierdre Roffoni, two fashion designers.

Now owned by razor blade tycoon Rocky Malhotra.

Confirmed that Stavros Niarchos is the buyer: http://la.curbed.com/places/kronish-house

Sold in late 2011 for $9.35M to a trust managed by Lester Knispel, who is CPA to many celebrities.
http://losangeles.blockshopper.com/property/4350002010/9451_sunset/

Producer and NBA team owner Gary Gilbert owns this home now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gilbert

The new owner is violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Sitkovetsky