Full Slate Leaves an Empty Nest
MICHAEL CAINE, who recently finished shooting the spy thriller “Bullet to Beijing” in Russia, and his wife Shakira, a jewelry designer, have put their Beverly Hills home of three years on the market at $2.3 million.
“He was here (in January) for three weeks and that was the first time he’s been here in over a year. So he thinks it’s ridiculous to have a house that is empty most of the time,” said the actor’s longtime publicist, Jerry Pam.
Caine’s primary residence is a house outside of Oxford on the Thames. He also has an apartment at Chelsea Harbor in London.
Caine, 61, has been a star in the United States since he played the title role in the 1966 film “Alfie.” He has made more than 70 movies, and he won an Oscar as best supporting actor in “Hannah and Her Sisters” (1986).
In “Bullet to Beijing,” Caine plays the spy Harry Palmer, a character he portrayed in a trilogy of 1960s films, including “The Ipcress File.”
Caine and his wife, married since 1973, bought their Beverly Hills house as a second home after selling a nearby residence that they had owned for 11 years. Built in 1963 but updated since the Caines bought it, their Beverly Hills home is in the Trousdale area.
It has five bedrooms in 6,000 square feet and walls of glass opening to a 180-degree city view. Sandy Strick, Douglas Properties director, Westwood/Century City office has the listing.
JACKIE KENNEDY ONASSIS’ Manhattan apartment is expected to close escrow this spring at $9.5 million, $500,000 more than the asking price. The buyer is billionaire energy mogul David Koch.
Last week the attorneys for Onassis’ estate were still drawing up the contract, which Koch must sign before he can be approved by the co-op’s board. Approval will take a few weeks.
Koch, 54-year-old twin brother of Bill Koch--sponsor of the America’s Cup all-female crew--runs Koch Industries, the nation’s second largest privately held company, with his older brother, Charles. The firm is involved in all aspects of energy.
David Koch also ran for U.S. vice president on the 1980 Libertarian ticket.
Onassis had owned the apartment, where she died last May, since 1964, when she bought it for $200,000, sources have said. The 14-room apartment, facing Central Park, has five master suites and occupies the entire 15th floor of a 16-story building completed in 1930 by renowned New York architect Rosario Candella.
Onassis, who left the apartment to her children, also owned a farm in New Jersey and a 672-acre vacation home on Martha’s Vinyard in Massachusetts.
Hall Willkie of Brown, Harris Stevens in New York City is the exclusive listing broker and represents Koch in the sale.
Comic ANDREW DICE CLAY has purchased a four-bedroom, nearly 7,000-square-foot home on the Westside for close to its last asking price of $1.9 million. The country-style home, on an acre, was originally priced at just under $5 million, sources say.
Last fall, Clay put aside his raunchy “Diceman” persona to co-star as Ralph Macchio’s brother in a trial run of “The Ties That Bind,” which may air as a series this summer. Earlier this year, Clay appeared on the Showtime special “But Seriously ’94.” He had been living on the East Coast.
ART ANNECHARICO, producer of such TV series as “FBI: The Untold Stories” and “The Munsters Today,” and his wife, Betty, have decided to sell their Pacific Palisades home and retire to their Colorado and Grand Cayman Island residences.
He also plans to close the Arthur Co., a TV and film production facility that he heads.
Listed at $3.5 million, their Palisades home has five bedrooms, including a master suite with an exercise room, a screening room and ocean views.
Sharon Sitrin, Jon Douglas Co., Pacific Palisades shares the listing with Ron De Salvo, of the company’s Beverly Hills office.
