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Fake ‘Grace Kelly townhouse’ sells at NYC foreclosure auction
marketing efforts, news reports and broker braggadocio touting the home as “Grace Kelly’s townhouse” in order to drum up the price — there is no evidence that the princess of Monaco, nor any of her famous friends ever owned or even lived at 51-53 E. 73rd St.That means some yet-to-be-identified buyer is having their “George Washington slept here” moment, while the auction house collects a fat fee.The scam dates back to at least 2013, when the home’s then-broker Sergei Millian told the Daily News about the home’s celebrity pedigree.
