Joan Rivers penthouse for sale (gallery)

June 2, 2:42 PMTrendy Living ExaminerMark Leevan

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   Joan River's penthouse overlooking Central Park is on the market for $25 million.

Joan Rivers is selling her New York City penthouse.

She bought the duplex condo about 20 years ago in a 1903 mansion on East 62nd near Fifth Avenue.

Joan Rivers restored the home turning the double-height ballroom into a french estate-like ornate living room

The baroque styled has gilded crown molding and a sky painted ceiling. 

The three bedroom home has a small terrace that faces south and overlooks Central Park.

This is one of the East Sixties more grandiose mansions designed by Horace Trumbauer in a new-French Classic style.

Joan River's home originally was built for Alice Troth Drexel. The ceilings are 23 feet high with every architectural detail breathtakenly restored to luxurious grandeur as you would expect from the comedian/pitchman.

The listing provides this detail:

exquisite original boiserie, elegant parquet-de-Versailles flooring and original marble fireplace surrounds. A spacious corner paneled Library and well-proportioned Formal Dining Room featuring 18th century French panels

• 11 rooms
• 3 bedrooms
• 4 full baths
• 1 half baths
• Interior: 5,190 sq. ft. (approx.)

Joan Rivers, who reportedly is moving to California to be closer to her daughter, also owns a home in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

The penthouse is listed at $25 million.

Buyers should not have much trouble with the condo board. Ms. Rivers has served as the board president for years and is still listed as the head officer on the building’s city registration filing.

Some years ago she was reported to have intervened to stop Susanna Agnelli from buying a second apartment in the 12-unit building. Ms. Agnelli, an Italian politician and a member of the family that founded and for many years ran Fiat, the Italian automobile company, died this month.

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