By Stephen Jacob Smith 6/05 3:53pm

Manhattan Transfers

Swipe one of Judge Judy's artworks and you'll end up in a lot more than small claims court.

Judge Judy Sells $8.5 M. Pied-à-Terre at the Sherry Netherland

Order! All rise!

The judgments on Judge Judy might not be real, and the participants may only receive a few hundred dollars for appearing on the show, but Judith Sheindlin‘s payday is very real: the most famous judge on television just sold a pricey pied-à-terre at the Sherry Netherland Hotel, according to city records.

Her Honor (the woman, not the woman’s 150-foot yacht) picked up the two-bedroom co-op on the 11th floor of 781 Fifth Avenue back in 2009, paying $6.75 million. It was a healthy discount off the nearly $8 million ask—and a massive break from the original $15 million price tag the co-op was sporting back in 2008. But what goes around comes around and Judge Judy also got less than she wanted, settling for $8.5 million though she was originally asking $9 million. Read More

By Max Abelson 11/10/09 11:58pm

When Only a $9.5 M. One-Bedroom at the Sherry Will Do

Earlier this year, the investor Christopher H. Browne put his 515 Park Avenue duplex on the market for $32.5 million, even though the place was basically a one-bedroom apartment. There was a guest room, to be fair, but it was smaller than the master suite’s walk-in closet.

The duplex was taken off the market in Read More

By Max Abelson 2/19/09 6:35pm

Billionaire Charles Johnson Buys (Another) Sherry Netherland Co-op

Once it was mildly annoying, or at least completely boring, to hear that a Fifth Avenue co-op had passed from a recently deceased septuagenarian business tycoon to a slightly younger septuagenarian business tycoon. But now, considering how icy and morose the real estate market is, it’s a reason to rejoice.

According to city records, the Read More

By Staff 10/24/05 8:53am

Weekend Roundup

Last week, The Observer reported that financier Roberto de Guardiola, and his interior designer wife, Joanne, are selling their East 64th Street townhouse for close to $30 million. They certainly move fast. Now, the couple has bought five apartments in the Sherry Netherland Hotel, according to Page Six.

Braden Keil provides Read More