David Copperfield Buys Las Vegas Home for a Record $17.55 Million..
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Illusionist David Copperfield has paid $17.55 million for a Las Vegas home complete with a movie theater and nightclub—and made an old price record disappear in the process.
The sale, which closed in late June, represents the highest price ever paid for a Las Vegas home, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.
Ivan Sher of Berkshire HathawayHomeServices Nevada Properties represented both Mr. Copperfield and the seller, health-care executive Kevin Hooks.
Mr. Hooks bought the land for $2.575 million in 2005 and built the house, completing it around 2011. The contemporary home wasn’t officially on the market, and Mr. Hooks said he hadn’t planned on selling it for another few years when he was approached by Berkshire Hathaway. Read more..