NEW YORK (1010 WINS/ WCBS 880 NEWS) – A luxury New York City penthouse on the Upper East Side that once belonged to Joan Rivers was taken off the market after going three years without a buyer, according to reports.
Rivers, a comedian and television host, lived in the penthouse reminiscent of Versailles on East 62nd Street, until she died in 2014 at the age of 81.
The house sold for $28 million to Prince Muhammad bin Fahd, a member of the Saudi royal family after she passed and then was re-listed for $38 million in 2021, according to Town and Country Magazine.
It has now been taken off the market, according to the New York Post.
The apartment is part of a historic Gilded Age mansion and was designed by the celebrated architect Horace Trumbauer, according to its listing.
Rivers maintained the home's lavish Gilded Age elements during her residency, including a wood-paneled library, a formal dining room, and several functional wood-burning fireplaces.
The penthouse is 5,200-square-feet, which includes five bedrooms, five bathrooms, and two large terraces. The gold details and 23-foot ceilings are reminiscent of the Palace of Versailles.
The Upper Eest Side palace was featured in an episode of “Celebrity Ghost Stories,” where Rivers asked a voodoo priestess to get rid of an angry ghost she thought was inside the home.