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	<title>Observer &#187; Richard Holbrooke and Kati Marton&#8217;s Beresford Spread Sells for a Deeply Discounted $11 M.</title>
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		<title>Richard Holbrooke and Kati Marton&#8217;s Beresford Spread Sells for a Deeply Discounted $11 M.</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_282231" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://observer.com/2012/12/richard-holbrooke-and-kati-martons-beresford-spread-sells-for-a-deeply-discounted-11-m/martonholbrooke/" rel="attachment wp-att-282231"><img class="size-medium wp-image-282231" alt="Holbrooke and Marton." src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/martonholbrooke.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="199" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Holbrooke and Marton.</p></div></p>
<p>Kati Marton had already moved on from the spacious four-bedroom, four-bath co-op that she and the late diplomat <strong>Richard Holbrooke</strong> once shared at the Beresford. Now she's finally sold it, city records show, for the bargain price of <strong>$11 million</strong>.</p>
<p>But the famed journalist was clearly eager to make a deal. After listing the eighth-floor apartment at <strong>211 Central Park West</strong> for $14.7 million in August of 2011, she reduced the price to $13.5 million only a month later, whipping through a series of sharp price cuts in the following months.<!--more--></p>
<p><div id="attachment_282229" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://observer.com/2012/12/richard-holbrooke-and-kati-martons-beresford-spread-sells-for-a-deeply-discounted-11-m/marton/" rel="attachment wp-att-282229"><img class="size-medium wp-image-282229" alt="Their Beresford home." src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/marton.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Their Beresford home.</p></div></p>
<p>In June, Ms. Marton <a href="http://observer.com/2012/06/journalist-kati-marton-embeds-herself-in-riverside-drive-co-op/">bought a more modest co-op</a> at <strong>33 Riverside Drive </strong>and apparently decided it was really time to let go of the past, dropping the price to $11.3 million. She did share the home with not one, but two former husbands. She bought the eight-floor spread in the early 1990s with Peter Jennings, her second husband, and held onto it after their divorce.</p>
<p>The listing, held by Stribling broker <strong>Beatrice Ducrot</strong>, includes all the bells and whistles of a Central Park West listing, with Park views from the living room, library and master bedroom. Wood panels, carved doors and wood-burning fireplaces abound. It is, without a doubt, "well suited to entertaining and gracious living," as the listing claims. When Holbrooke was alive, the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/us/politics/08holbrooke.html?adxnnl=1&amp;pagewanted=all&amp;adxnnlx=1355873455-f85DMepki/ws+DZE5LRRIA&amp;gwh=49F960A60FE7019738ABC6D1E477F450">couple held a dinner toasting Hilary Clinton</a> in the apartment every December with guests like Matt Damon, Glenn Close and Robert de Niro.</p>
<p>Which is good news for the buyers—<strong>Janet </strong>and <strong>Marvin Rosen</strong>. Mr. Rosen, a lawyer, was the finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997 and presumably continues to hobnob with some political personages.</p>
<p>The apartment won't entirely the same as it was when the power couple lived there, of course. Minus the stardust, it's missing an add-on office. A little over a year ago Ms. Marton sold the <a href="http://observer.com/2011/11/richard-holbrookes-guest-apartment-and-office-sells-for-1-8m/">adjoining one-bedroom that Holbrooke had used as an office for $1.8 million. </a>It sounded like the perfect place to get a remaining hour of important government work done while the caterers were busy prepping dinner next door.</p>
<p>But not to worry, with a total of four bedrooms and ample closet space, the Rosens can certainly find a place to put their desks.</p>
<p><em>kvelsey@observer.com</em></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_282231" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://observer.com/2012/12/richard-holbrooke-and-kati-martons-beresford-spread-sells-for-a-deeply-discounted-11-m/martonholbrooke/" rel="attachment wp-att-282231"><img class="size-medium wp-image-282231" alt="Holbrooke and Marton." src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/martonholbrooke.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="199" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Holbrooke and Marton.</p></div></p>
<p>Kati Marton had already moved on from the spacious four-bedroom, four-bath co-op that she and the late diplomat <strong>Richard Holbrooke</strong> once shared at the Beresford. Now she's finally sold it, city records show, for the bargain price of <strong>$11 million</strong>.</p>
<p>But the famed journalist was clearly eager to make a deal. After listing the eighth-floor apartment at <strong>211 Central Park West</strong> for $14.7 million in August of 2011, she reduced the price to $13.5 million only a month later, whipping through a series of sharp price cuts in the following months.<!--more--></p>
<p><div id="attachment_282229" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://observer.com/2012/12/richard-holbrooke-and-kati-martons-beresford-spread-sells-for-a-deeply-discounted-11-m/marton/" rel="attachment wp-att-282229"><img class="size-medium wp-image-282229" alt="Their Beresford home." src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/marton.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Their Beresford home.</p></div></p>
<p>In June, Ms. Marton <a href="http://observer.com/2012/06/journalist-kati-marton-embeds-herself-in-riverside-drive-co-op/">bought a more modest co-op</a> at <strong>33 Riverside Drive </strong>and apparently decided it was really time to let go of the past, dropping the price to $11.3 million. She did share the home with not one, but two former husbands. She bought the eight-floor spread in the early 1990s with Peter Jennings, her second husband, and held onto it after their divorce.</p>
<p>The listing, held by Stribling broker <strong>Beatrice Ducrot</strong>, includes all the bells and whistles of a Central Park West listing, with Park views from the living room, library and master bedroom. Wood panels, carved doors and wood-burning fireplaces abound. It is, without a doubt, "well suited to entertaining and gracious living," as the listing claims. When Holbrooke was alive, the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/us/politics/08holbrooke.html?adxnnl=1&amp;pagewanted=all&amp;adxnnlx=1355873455-f85DMepki/ws+DZE5LRRIA&amp;gwh=49F960A60FE7019738ABC6D1E477F450">couple held a dinner toasting Hilary Clinton</a> in the apartment every December with guests like Matt Damon, Glenn Close and Robert de Niro.</p>
<p>Which is good news for the buyers—<strong>Janet </strong>and <strong>Marvin Rosen</strong>. Mr. Rosen, a lawyer, was the finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997 and presumably continues to hobnob with some political personages.</p>
<p>The apartment won't entirely the same as it was when the power couple lived there, of course. Minus the stardust, it's missing an add-on office. A little over a year ago Ms. Marton sold the <a href="http://observer.com/2011/11/richard-holbrookes-guest-apartment-and-office-sells-for-1-8m/">adjoining one-bedroom that Holbrooke had used as an office for $1.8 million. </a>It sounded like the perfect place to get a remaining hour of important government work done while the caterers were busy prepping dinner next door.</p>
<p>But not to worry, with a total of four bedrooms and ample closet space, the Rosens can certainly find a place to put their desks.</p>
<p><em>kvelsey@observer.com</em></p>
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