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Evening Standard
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Meghann Murdock

World’s most expensive auction home: Bel Air’s $500m mega mansion fetches $126m as part of bankruptcy proceedings

A $500 million (£379m) mega mansion in Bel Air has been sold at auction for a quarter of its once-proclaimed value.

With a winning bid of $126 million (£96m), Richard Saghian — the founder and CEO of online clothes company Fashion Nova —found himself competing against four other bidders, all from the United States and New Zealand. Saghian confirmed his purchase of the “once in a lifetime” property in an emailed statement to the LA Times on 6 March.

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