A forthcoming, and highly anticipated, Christie’s auction will not only spotlight the precious art and objects of the late Mica Ertegun — but it will also turn eyes towards one of the jewel box homes the interior designer, philanthropist and prolific collector called her own.As the famed auction house prepares for the multi-part “Mica: The Collection of Mica Ertegun” sale set to begin on Nov.19 in New York — a deep-pocketed house hunter can also consider buying the Hamptons property she shared with her husband Ahmet Ertegun, the co-founder of Atlantic Records, who pre-deceased her by almost exactly 17 years.
At 623 Halsey Neck Lane in Southampton, this mansion — one of four the couple owned around the world — is for sale asking $52 million.It initially listed for the first time ever in March, nearly 35 years after the pair designed and built it.
And, of the 636 total lots in the sale — including works of art, antique furnishings and china — roughly 230 come from inside the walls of this East End escape.Overall, the collection is estimated to exceed $144 million in sales, with a significant portion of the proceeds to head to philanthropic causes.The 11,000-square-foot estate, on 5.5 acres, features 10 bedrooms, 13.5 bathrooms and rooms with grand proportions.
Its architecture is accented by a soaring pyramid-vaulted ceiling in the living room and a grand Palladian layout.It also features a staff wing and 450 feet of water frontage.
As Tim Davis of the Corcoran Group, the real estate broker handling the listing, told The Post, “Given its wide frontage on Taylor Creek and facing a conservation property once owned by the DuPont family, it holds historical significance intertwined with the legacy of Southampton.” (The DuPonts were known for their fortune in the gunpowder industry.)“These are sort of old-world, old-money names that were part of the history of Southampton in general.So to that, it has its own interest and the home itself is qu...