Exclusive | New Hamptons mansion aims for a record $162M — 5 months after the property sold for $72M

Nypost · Aug 07, 2026 · 837 words · By Karen Talley

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New Hamptons mansion aims for a record $162M — 5 months after the property sold for $72M See more of our coverage in your search results.

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New Hamptons mansion aims for a record $162M — 5 months after the property sold for $72M See more of our coverage in your search results.

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There, the summer of stratospheric listings just booked another contender — a grand $162 million East Hampton compound that will rise from the dunes and replace a storied estate purchased in March for $72 million, The Post has learned.

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Claim 1: “they stuck a deal to sell the home for $19 million to Jerry Seinfeld. But Seinfeld ended up with “No soup.” The comedian was cancelled after Radziwill and Ross had a rip-roaring fight... and the sale was called off”

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Multiple sources confirm Jerry Seinfeld had a contract for $19 million for the house in 1999, but the deal was called off by Radziwill and Ross.

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web search NEUTRAL — Radziwill bought the property in the late 1980s for a bit over $6 million and lived there for more than a decade with her husband Herbert Ross, who directed the films “Footloose” and “Steel Magnolias.…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/07/real-estate/new-hamptons-mansi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Comedian Jerry Seinfeld almost bought the house in 1999 and had a signed contract for $19 million, The Observer reported at the time, but Radziwill and Ross backed out.
https://behindthehedges.com/east-hampton-dune-lane-deal-hot-…

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web search NEUTRAL — From Seinfeld Season 9 Episode 13, 'The Cartoon' Jerry is aggravated when a woman uses him as a subject for her show, and Elaine doesn't understand a cartoon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NjA1fy27pw

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Claim 2: “Longtime owner Lee Radziwill, the sister of Jackie Onassis, held that title when married to Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwill.”

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Wikipedia and other sources confirm Lee Radziwill was the sister of Jackie Onassis and owned 43 East Dune Lane (Dune Cottage).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — East Hampton is a town in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is located at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. It is the easternmost town in the state of New York.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hampton,_New_York

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Merrywood is a historic house in the United States, located in McLean, Virginia, overlooking the Potomac River. The house has hosted several U.S. presidents and members of the British royal family. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrywood

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Claim 3: “The design and building team includes architect Robert A.M. Stern, the legendary New York fixture who passed away last Thanksgiving from a brief respiratory illness.”

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Claim 4: “the Sagaponack home of billionaire hedge fund manager Zach Schreiber that listed the same month for $152.5 million”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm Zach Schreiber listed his Sagaponack home for $152.5 million.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shailene Diann Woodley (born January 15, 1991) is an American actress. Woodley's breakthrough role came as Amy Juergens in the ABC Family teen drama series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shailene_Woodley

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web search NEUTRAL — Sagaponack is a village in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, on the East End of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the village was 770 at the 2020 census.price was $4,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagaponack,_New_York

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web search NEUTRAL — Last week, billionaire hedge fund manager Zach Schreiber listed his oceanfront compound — 39 Fairfield Pond Lane in Sagaponack — for a staggering $152.5 million. It’s a remarkable number, especially w…
https://www.27east.com/residence/real-estate-news/article_bf…

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Claim 5: “lived there for more than a decade with her husband Herbert Ross, who directed the films “Footloose” and “Steel Magnolias.””

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The detail about living there for a decade with Herbert Ross (director of 'Footloose' and 'Steel Magnolias') is mentioned in the search results but not independently corroborated by a second distinct source in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lee and Scherman enter Nazi Germany, traveling the frontlines via Jeep and photographing their experiences. They document the immediate aftermath of atrocities committed at Buchenwald and Dachau.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_(2023_film)

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web search NEUTRAL — As of 2005, Lee Jeans have been manufactured by Arvind Mills, in a number of small factories in Chamarajanagar, India. About 60,000 workers produce 5,000 pairs of jeans a day.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_(brand)

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web search NEUTRAL — Shop the official Lee online store for a variety of designer jeans, shorts, shirts and more. Experience why Lee has been a popular brand since 1889.
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Claim 6: “Master custom builder Ed Bulgin is behind dozens of enclaves in the Hamptons, including his redesign and expansion of the sweeping estate that served as sanctuary for Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film, “Wall Street.””

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Claim 7: “a grand $162 million East Hampton compound that will rise from the dunes and replace a storied estate purchased in March for $72 million”

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Multiple web search results confirm that 43 East Dune Lane was purchased for $72 million and is now being listed for $162 million.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 12 (US 12) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Michigan. In the U.S. state of Indiana, it is part of the state road syste…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_12_in_Indiana

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Liwa Oasis (Arabic: وَاحَـة لِـيْـوَا, romanized: Wāḥat Līwā) is a large oasis area in the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liwa_Oasis

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Claim 8: “the record stands with the $147 million Further Lane buy in 2014 by another hedge fund billionaire, Barry Rosenstein”

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Web search results confirm Barry Rosenstein purchased an East Hampton property for $147 million, which was cited as the highest price ever paid for a home in the US at the time.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Lee Ratcliffe (born October 20, 1965) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency since 2025. Ratcliffe served as the director of nati…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Leonard Kyle Dykstra ( DYK-strə; born February 10, 1963), nicknamed Nails and Dude, is an American former professional baseball center fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New Yor…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (née Doud; November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the first lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Born in Boone, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Eisenhower

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Claim 9: “Calvin Klein’s former East Hampton compound, which listed in June for a breathtaking $165 million”

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Multiple sources confirm Calvin Klein's former estate was listed in June for $165 million.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Edwina von Gal is an American landscape designer based in East Hampton, New York. Her firm, Edwina von Gal + Co founded in 1984, is based in East Hampton, NY and focuses on natural, sustainable design…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwina_von_Gal

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marci Klein (born October 21, 1967) is an American television producer best known for her work on Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock. She has won four Emmy Awards. She is the daughter of fashion designer…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Haverland is an architect based in New York City and East Hampton, New York. His work includes residential, retail, commercial, institutional and urban design projects. He collaborated with Ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Haverland

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Claim 10: “the purchaser having ties to a unit in a 134-apartment co-op in the heart of Manhattan’s Flatiron District, at 21 E. 22nd St.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the purchaser's ties to a co-op at 21 E. 22nd St in Manhattan.

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Claim 11: “The estate will sit on 3.6 acres with 225 feet of direct ocean frontage”

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Claim 12: “the new 17,500-square-foot main home, its 3,500-square foot guest house”

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Claim 13: “Nine bedrooms, 11 full and two half-bathrooms will nestle amid its three levels”

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Claim 14: “Landscape architect Ed Hollander is also on board. Hollander redesigned exteriors for, among other East Hampton homes, Neil Partick Harris’s 10-acre woodland estate and Candice Bergen’s 2 acres of gardens.”

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Claim 15: “The present owner’s $72 million deal marked a steep slide from its original $120 million ask.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding an original asking price of $120 million for the $72 million deal.

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Claim 16: “Radziwill bought the property in the late 1980s for a bit over $6 million”

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The specific detail about buying the property in the late 1980s for 'a bit over $6 million' appears in one specific reporting context provided in the evidence, but is not independently corroborated by other sources in the provided set.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lee Radziwill. Имя при рождении.Caroline Lee Bouvier), позже Кэнфилд, Радзивилл, Росс (англ. Canfield, Radziwiłł, Ross), известна как Ли Радзивилл (англ. Lee Radziwill, 3 марта 1933.
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Радзивилл,_Ли

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web search NEUTRAL — Lee Radziwell in 1978 Lee Radziwill Dies at 85.
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a2…

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web search NEUTRAL — The property was owned by Lee and her husband Prince Stanislas Radziwill, an exiled member of the former Royal family of Lithuania and Poland, from 1966 until their divorce in 1974, during which time …
https://www.dailymail.com/galleries/article-10872643/Inside-…

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